Cinsault, Pedro Parra, `Newk` Itata Valley, Chile

Tim Atkin MW, Chile 2025 Special Report.
96 points
A tribute to the saxophonist Sonny Rollins, this Itata Valley Cinsault is the most deeply coloured red in Pedro Parra's range. Very much a wine to tuck away in your cellar for a while, it's spicy, structured and almost northern Rhône Syrah-like, with flavours of liquorice, orange zest and cooked meat, a backbone of tannin and a firm, backward, concentrated finish.

Matthew Luczy, Chile: The Southern Limits – Itata, Bio-Bio, Malleco & the Austral, The Wine Advocate.

97+ points
Sourced from extremely shallow granite soils with quartz, sand and silt content, the 2022 Newk is the most vivid expression of pure mineral intensity in the Parra cellar. It brings to mind the Northern Rhône or Barolo rather than the various themes of Burgundy that emerge in other bottlings. It is the most focused, coiled and aromatically linear, with an iron-tinged, herbal core gaining energy with each swirl. The palate is spry and lively yet dense and compacted, hinting at the grip to come with a tensile, taut frame that explodes into a stunning, searing and tenacious finish that remains weightless. The length here is similar to the Miles bottling, although the energy sits higher in the mouth compared to the Miles, which is all-encompassing. With a featherweight frame with a heavyweight punch, this could prove to merit an even higher score with time and could likely be the longest-lived wine of the lineup.