Ungrafted, Old Vines Cinsault, 2025

Name: Ungrafted, Old Vines Cinsault, 2025
Brand: Polaner [POL]
SKU: NYC-W-POL-`POL`-091026-38
Price: 19.99 USD
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Red Wine from Chile, Chile

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Old-vine Cinsault from Guarilihue, in the southern reaches of Chile's Itata Valley — dry-farmed bush vines on their own roots, in soils of decomposed granite 22 km from the Pacific. Itata is where New World winegrowing actually started, with vines first planted in 1551, and un-grafted vines like these have become genuinely scarce; that rarity is what the label is named for, and the De Martino brothers, Marco and Sebastian, bought this parcel in 2013 specifically to keep its traditions going. The vineyard is still worked by hand and plowed by horse, and the maritime climate brings enough rain — around 900 mm a year — that irrigation was never part of the equation. Vinification stays deliberately old-fashioned so the granite and the sea air come through unmasked. The result is Cinsault at its most transparent: light on its feet, savory, and built for drinking rather than contemplating. For a wine with this much history and hand-work behind it, the quality-to-price ratio is frankly absurd.

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Antonio Galloni

93 points

"The 2025 Cinsault Ungrafted from Guarilihue in Itata was aged for eight months in very old barrels. The nose offers pure cherry and pomegranate fruit alongside a delicate violet note, a less typical but appealing facet of the variety. Dry, fluid and agile on the palate, it has a smooth texture and strong flavor intensity. It sits in the glou-glou vein, yet with added depth and a modern edge. Clear and seductive." —Joaquín Hidalgo

More about Ungrafted

Ungrafted is named for something only a few wine countries can claim: vines growing on their own roots. Chile has never had phylloxera, so its vines don't need rootstock, and this range from the De Martino family is built entirely from own-rooted vines.

De Martino goes back to 1934, when Italian immigrant Pietro De Martino founded the winery at Isla de Maipo. Fourth-generation brothers Marco Antonio and Sebastián De Martino run it today. It was the first winery to export Chilean Carmenère, in 1996. Around 2011 it dropped new oak and switched to native-yeast fermentation across the range, a big turn toward freshness.

The Maipo wines, Cabernet Sauvignon and Carmenère, come from the family's Santa Inés vineyard on Isla de Maipo, an island where the Maipo River splits, planted on deep gravel left by the old riverbed. The Old Vines Cinsault comes from granite slopes at Guarilihue in Itata, one of Chile's oldest wine regions, where ungrafted vines over 40 years old are worked by hand and horse. Fermentation is with wild yeast, and aging is in older barrels and concrete. The wines are fresh, honest and food-friendly, and great value.

Wine Details

Grape Variety

Cinsault
Vintage

2025
Size

750ml
Farming Practice

Organic
Style

Rich
Sweetness

Dry
Body

Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

Varietals

Cinsault

Vineyard

Guarilihue Vineyard, De Martino Family (old Vines). The vines are in excess of 40 years old.

Orientation

Bush pruned so orientation is not determined. The property has different hills and expositions so the wines result from a combination of them all.

Soil

granite

Viticulture

Sustainable farming practices including horse ploughing. The names of the horses are "China" and "Rusio". No machinery is used in this vineyard and the vineyard work is all done manually.

Vinification

Grapes are sorted and destemed and then fermented in stainless steel with wild yeast.

Aging

Post fermentation the wine is moved to neutral French barrels to age for 6 months.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled chorizo or merguez, roast chicken with paprika, empanadas de pino, lentil stew with sausage, charred eggplant, or a pile of carnitas tacos. Serve it with a slight chill.

Tasting Profile

Light-to-medium bodied, with red and dark cherry fruit and a floral violet lift. Fresh acidity, fine and gentle tannins, a faintly earthy, stony edge from the granite soils, and a clean, juicy finish. Easy to drink, not heavy.