Garage 2020 Field Blend, Truquilemu Vineyard, Maule Valley, Chile

This Garage Wine Co. 2020 Field Blend arrives like the slow exhale of Maule’s stone-laced hills. It’s an atmospheric greeting: wild cherry and cranberry pressed into the glass, then brushed with lavender and rustic herbs. That scent isn’t polished—it’s earned, rooted in practices older than vineyards themselves. 

On the palate, the wine carries composition over show. Fruit moves with intention, not excess, supported by chalk-fine tannins that shape rather than crowd. There’s lift where you’d expect weight, and a balance that feels intentional, not engineered. 

That integrity stems from place. The Truquilemu Vineyard lies in Chile’s Coastal Range—not Andes—notoriously cool for Maule, steeped in fractured granite soils. These vines, farmed by hand and horse, have pulled root into slivers of rock, nurturing concentration born of constraint. 

The hands-off approach of Garage Wine Co. does the rest. Native fermentation, minimal sulfur, manual punch-downs, basket pressing, two winters in used barrels: the wine tells its story without interceptive flourish. Every sip feels honest, evolved in the vineyard as much as in the cellar. 

This Field Blend is not field dressings—it’s field truth. It knows where it’s from, and it rests in that knowing—not a stunt, but a whisper. Pour it with slow-roasted pork, mushroom ragù, or nothing but the evening. It lingers quietly on your palate and in memory.

Garage Wine Co. 2020 Field Blend—Maule’s earth, Missive; place distilled, not performed.