Cacique Maravilla

Cacique Maravilla is a wine producer in Yumbel, a small town in Biobío province. Its vineyard dates to 1776.

The vineyard lies 50 km from the Pacific coast. Here, Cacique Maravilla harvests 100 tonnes of fruit by hand each year without using chemicals or fertilizers in the vineyard, ploughs with horses and digs by hand in spring to control weeds. Winemaking involves foot-treading and gravity transfer to holding vats, followed by bottling after six months without filtration or added sulfites. Its wines include Gutiflower, a white pét-nat; Pipeño, a one-litre wine with an expected alcohol level of around 11.6%; and Vino Naranja, made entirely from Moscatel de Alejandría with prolonged skin maceration and bottled unfiltered.