June 8, 2026
Pruning the foothill blocks with the cordillera white above us. The cold runs downhill off the snow each night — you feel it in your hands by four in the afternoon. That nightly chill is the whole reason this Cabernet keeps its edge.
2026 Vintage
Maipo Cabernet
Maipo Valley, Chile
Varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon · Carménère
Winemaker
Revealed on enrollment
Enrollment
70 of 160 spots filled
About this Crew
Revealed on enrollment
Winemaker
An Alto Maipo estate at the foot of the Andes — 12 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon over alluvial river stones, with a block of Carménère on the warmer lower rows. The winemaker's name is shared with the Crew on enrollment; until then the platform stands behind the data, the track record, and the samples.
The history.
The estate was planted in 1978 on alluvial soils washed down from the cordillera — round river stones over clay, the classic Alto Maipo profile. The Carménère block was identified in 1998, when the old 'Merlot' rows turned out to be the lost Bordeaux grape, like so much of Chile. I took the cellar in 2015.
What this vintage is showing so far.
“We sit right against the Andean foothills and the cold air pours down off the mountains every night. That's our secret — warm days, cold nights, and the alluvial stones the rivers left behind hold the heat. Carménère is the worry: it ripens last and if I rush it, it tastes green.”
— the winemaker, updated this month
Philosophy.
Maipo Cabernet has a backbone of black fruit and graphite that I don't want to bury. Restrained extraction, a mix of new and used French oak, and I let the Carménère come in only when it's truly ripe. A little Carménère adds plush and pepper; too much, picked early, ruins it.
The year ahead
Every shipment, every sample, every pick.
Real dates as they're known. Updated as the vintage progresses.
November 2026
Flowering
Southern hemisphere spring; set under the Andes.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Green Cabernet juice off the foothill rows.
Late April 2027
Pick expected
Cabernet first, Carménère last; date confirmed 48 hours out.
July 2027
Post-ferment sample
Young component wines by variety.
November 2027
First barrel sample
From the French oak lot.
February 2028
Blend trial
Crew votes how much ripe Carménère to fold in.
May 2028
Bottling
After roughly 14 months in barrel.
August 2028
Wine arrives
Maipo Cabernet, 2026.
November 2026
Flowering
Southern hemisphere spring; set under the Andes.
January 2027
Verijuice ships
Green Cabernet juice off the foothill rows.
Late April 2027
Pick expected
Cabernet first, Carménère last; date confirmed 48 hours out.
July 2027
Post-ferment sample
Young component wines by variety.
November 2027
First barrel sample
From the French oak lot.
February 2028
Blend trial
Crew votes how much ripe Carménère to fold in.
May 2028
Bottling
After roughly 14 months in barrel.
August 2028
Wine arrives
Maipo Cabernet, 2026.
Meet the current Crew
15
members
12
cities
6
countries represented
7 yrs
average tenure in wine
No individual profiles — privacy matters inside the Crew. You'll meet each other once you're in.
How it's priced
By the vine.
The winemaker sets the price per vine. Buy as few as 5 — choose how many in the next step. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata to your vines.
Maipo Cabernet
Priced by the vine · 5-vine minimum
$45 / vine
From $225 · 5 vines · USD
- A share of the lot, by the vine (5-vine minimum)
- Samples across the season: verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, finished wine
- A vote at every fork — pick date, oak, where the blend lands
- Your bottles at release, allocated pro-rata to your vines
- Livestream access to every moment
90 vines left
Pickup or ship
How your wine reaches you.
Swing by the tasting room when the next shipment is ready. Free. For everyone else, ship is the default and equally smooth.
Ship to my address
Standard carrier, adult signature required. Flat fee per shipment. You can switch the destination per shipment at any time.
Ships to: US
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Recent updates
From the rows.
May 22, 2026
Walked the Carménère rows one last time before winter. I marked the lower terrace for a later pick next autumn — that block was a touch green this year and I won't make that mistake twice.
Join this Crew.
One year of your life, inside one vineyard's year. You'll follow the winemaker from bud break to bottle.