red grape · regional staple
País
Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Say it
pah·ees
On the palate
Body
light
Acidity
medium minus
Tannin
low
Aromatics
medium
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How you spot it blind: smoky white pepper and dried sage over pale, thin red-berry fruit
The story
First written down · 1548, Chile (first vineyard planting by Franciscan friar Francisco de Carabantes)
DNA research published in 2007 confirmed País, Mission, and Listán Prieto are the same Castilian variety, brought to Mexico by Spanish missionaries circa 1520–1540 and spread through the Americas as the primary source of sacramental wine.
Where it lives
Maule (Chile) · Itata (Chile) · Bío-Bío (Chile) · Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) · La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain)
Shows up as
still redrosé