Three to check out

Louis-Antoine Luyt 2015 Itata Valley Pipeños Portezuelo

Drawn from a 200-yearold Pais vineyard, in the hands of expat LouisAntoine Luyt this is a wine with a light touch, the scent of dusty spiced strawberry and spicy, earthy flavors with plenty of acid to go along with gritty and lean tannins. One of several pipeños Luyt makes (a Chilean word for village wines), they’re all worth checking out. About $18 for one liter at the Wine House, Domaine LA, and Lou Wine Shop.

Garage Wine Co. 2014 Maule Valley Bagual Vineyard Field Blend Lot No. 59

This Maule Valley Grenache dominant field blend is made by a trio of winemakers including Derek Mossman Knapp, a Canadian who came to Chile to ski and never left. This wine leads with earthy red plum scents and flavors of dark cherry laced with tobacco. It’s stocky and very firm, and benefits from a quick decant. About $33 at Woodland Hills Wine Co., the Wine House, and in Huntington Beach at the Southern Hemisphere Wine Center.

A Los Vinateros Bravos 2015 Itata Valley Volcanico Pais

Leonardo Erazo tracks down vineyards of character like this one, from a 150-year-old ownrooted, dry-farmed Pais vineyard in the Itata Valley. He does little to alter the traditional viticulture and has a gentle hand in the cellar, pressing light, bottling young. This amiable wine comes in much lighter than the other two, with scents of bramble and muddled strawberry, flavors of fresh, bright red fruit, and mouthwatering acidity. About $20 at Domaine LA, the Wine House, or directly from the importer, the Source, at thesourceimports.com.