Louis Latour Agencies

Viu Manent’s new and exciting Tiny Trials project.

21 April 2022

Viu Manent, has been based in the Colchagua region for almost a century, and this is the first of many micro-vinification projects in exploring and innovating from the most unique vineyard plots around Chile. Winemaker Patricio Celedón’s aim being, in making wines with unique soil and climatic influences ‘creating wines with outstanding character’.

The Tiny Trials Chardonnay, ‘Blanco de Mar’ is produced in the Colchagua Costa appellation, in the Litueche region, being a mere 15km from the Pacific Ocean, the vines are grown on a granitic soil that’s influenced by the cooling ocean breeze, creating a fresh Chardonnay that’s fermented in French oak barrels for 12 months.

This has received high praise in the 2022 Descorchados guide, receiving 93 points.

The Tiny Trials Cinsault, ‘Tinto de Mar’ is from old vines that have almost been trapped in time, untouched, surrounded by forests, and influenced by the Pacific Ocean’s breeze. This is in the Itata Valley, a cool climate wine growing region, giving wines a fresh mineral sensation. This wine is aged in concrete eggs for 7 months.

This also received 93 points in the 2022 Descorchados guide by Patricio Tapia.