{"product_id":"vina-la-joda-mejor-ser-que-parecer-cabernet-franc-pet-nat-aconcagua-valley-chile-2025","title":"Viña La Joda 'Mejor Ser Que Parecer' Cabernet Franc Pet-Nat, Aconcagua Valley, Chile 2025","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVino La Joda is the project of winemakers Jorge Carrancá and Daniela Meruvia, who met while working in Colchagua before founding their own estate in the Aconcagua Valley in 2016. Based in the Cajón de San Francisco de Los Andes, high in the cordillera, they farm and vinify with minimal intervention, working a tight 20-kilometer radius around the winery and partnering closely with a network of small growers to encourage low-intervention, natural viticulture across the valley. 'Mejor Ser Que Parecer' is their playful, unfiltered pet-nat line, made in a range of varieties for easy, festive drinking.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKER:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jorge Carrancá and Daniela Meruvia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFARMING:\u003c\/strong\u003e Organic Practicing. Cabernet Franc fruit is sourced from a grower-farmed vineyard that La Joda does not own; the estate has worked closely with this and other growers to convert their farming to organic practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVARIETY:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100% Cabernet Franc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTERROIR:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fruit comes from the Aconcagua Valley DO, sourced from a grower vineyard within the estate's local network of small producers in the Andean foothills.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVINIFICATION:\u003c\/strong\u003e Made using the méthode ancestrale (pet-nat): hand-harvested grapes are pressed and fermented with native yeast at low temperatures. The must is bottled while alcoholic fermentation is still underway, completing fermentation inside the bottle and retaining natural carbonation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAGING:\u003c\/strong\u003e No vessel aging; the wine develops entirely through in-bottle fermentation, unfiltered and left sur lie.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES:\u003c\/strong\u003e Really pretty red fruit character, in keeping with the light, bright, unfiltered style of the house pet-nat line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFOOD PAIRINGS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Casual, warm-weather fare — suited to poolside or outdoor gatherings; light bites, charcuterie, or simply on its own well-chilled.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Viño La Joda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44721365286978,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0596\/1023\/4946\/files\/mejor.png?v=1786565514","url":"https:\/\/decantnapa.com\/products\/vina-la-joda-mejor-ser-que-parecer-cabernet-franc-pet-nat-aconcagua-valley-chile-2025","provider":"DECANT Napa Bottle Shop \u0026 Bar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}