Escaleras de Empedrado Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Escaleras de Empedrado is one of Chile's most daring and groundbreaking viticultural projects, born from Miguel Torres's relentless quest to find slate soils combined with a cool, maritime climate. Located in the rugged hills of Empedrado near the Maule coast, the vineyard is planted on steep, hand-built terraces of fractured black slate (esquisto) that resemble the dramatic steps of Priorat or the Douro Valley. Situated just 26 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, this extreme site faces intense viticultural challenges, from severe spring frosts to devastating forest fires. The low-yielding Pinot Noir vines thrive in this unique soil, producing a wine of extraordinary minerality, tension, and vertical structure. Aged carefully in French oak, it represents a pioneering milestone for South American Pinot Noir, bridging Old World mineral complexity with New World fruit purity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1870 by brothers Jaime and Miguel Torres Vendrell in Vilafranca del Penedès, Familia Torres has grown into one of Spain's most storied and internationally acclaimed wine dynasties. Guided across five generations by an enduring spirit of innovation and environmental stewardship, the family revolutionized Spanish winemaking under the visionary leadership of Miguel A. Torres by championing pioneering viticultural techniques, climate action initiatives, and the recovery of ancestral grape varieties. Spanning premier estates in Catalonia, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, as well as ventures in Chile and California, their production philosophy centers on sustainability, biodiversity, and terroir transparency. The house is celebrated worldwide for legendary single-vineyard icons such as the Cabernet Sauvignon-driven Mas La Plana and the indigenous blend Grans Muralles, alongside renowned brandies and benchmark Catalan cuvées.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13%