Dry-farmed old vines, Itata Valley, Southern Chile. De Martino is one of Chile's most thoughtful and adventurous producers, and the Gallardia range is where they do their most honest work — old-vine, minimal-intervention wines from Chile's southern frontier. Itata is the anti-Maipo: ancient, unirrigated, worked by small farmers for centuries before the wine world caught on. Cinsault thrives here, producing something that looks more like a serious Burgundy than anything you'd expect from South America. Light-bodied, translucent in colour, with red cherry, dried rose petal, a savoury earth note, and silky tannins that disappear on the finish. Whole-cluster fermentation adds a subtle herbal lift and complexity. For the customer who thinks they don't like South American red wine — this is the bottle that changes their mind.