El Grano

Denis Duveau was the owner of the Domaine des Roches Neuves in the Loire Valley, producing under the Saumur-Champigny appellation before moving to Chile to practice the profession of enologist and market the wines he vinifies under the name of "El Grano". Based in the Curico Valley, the vineyard does honor to the Carmenère grape, typical of Chile in red wine , but also... Read more

Denis Duveau was the owner of the Domaine des Roches Neuves in the Loire Valley, producing under the Saumur-Champigny appellation before moving to Chile to practice the profession of enologist and market the wines he vinifies under the name of "El Grano". Based in the Curico Valley, the vineyard does honor to the Carmenère grape, typical of Chile in red wine , but also to Chardonnay for the production of white wine , a grape that easily permeates the terroir wherever it is found. Chile having been spared by phylloxera, it is mass selection that has been favored as opposed to selection by cloning: this consists of prospecting the aged plots to select only the strains with an interesting variety of grape varieties. The interest of this operating method is indeed to preserve the initial heritage of the vineyards and therefore to keep the authenticity of the final product, as was still the case in France 150 years ago. A search for authenticity that succeeds for the Duveau family!