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Dry-farmed, own-rooted, old-vine País, Carignan and Semillón from Secano Maule, Chile.
MAITIA is more than a wine producer. It is closer to a curator of the Secano Maule, in Chile. Secano means dry-farmed. It is also the place where viticulture took root more than 400 years ago in Chile, worked by local farmers the old way: by hand, low yields and solidarity.
- Region
- D.O. Secano Interior, Maule
- Farming
- Dry-farmed, old vines
- Markets
- USA · Asia · EU
92pts
Wine Advocate
Aupa Pipeño
Wikipedia
Vino pipeño
David Marcel cited
15years
In the Secano Interior
of the Maule
The range
Five wines, one place: El Secano
MAITIA Secano Collection is a collaboration between David Marcel, a French winemaker who has spent half a lifetime in Chile, and families who farm old vines by hand with no irrigation in the Secano Interior.
Pipeño
Aupa
The house pipeño: País with a little Carignan from century-old vines. 92 pts Wine Advocate.
- Grape
- País · Carignan
- Origin
- D.O. Secano Interior, Maule
- Vintage
- Current release
Cabernet
Rouge
Cabernet Sauvignon made the secano way: dry-farmed, no new oak, no hurry.
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Origin
- D.O. Secano Interior, Maule
- Vintage
- Current release
MAITIA Secano Collection
El Carignan
The 1.5 hectare dry-farmed, bush-vine Carignan vineyard was planted in the 1940s in San Javier, Maule. San Javier has a temperate Mediterranean climate with granite and clay soil. The fruit was harvested on March 20th, 2026, fermented with native yeasts and 20% whole cluster with a ten-day maceration, and aged in concrete tank for eight months. 2,700 bottles were produced.
- Grape
- Carignan
- Origin
- San Javier · own-rooted bush vines
- Vintage
- Current release
MAITIA Secano Collection
El Semillón
The 2.2 hectare dry-farmed, espaldera Semillón vineyard was planted in 1959 in Cauquenes, Maule. Cauquenes has a temperate Mediterranean climate with decomposed granite and clay soil. The fruit was harvested on March 6th, 2026, direct pressed and fermented with native yeasts in concrete tank. 2,700 bottles were produced.
- Grape
- Semillón · Torontel
- Origin
- Cauquenes · planted 1959
- Vintage
- Current release
MAITIA Secano Collection
La País
Fourth-generation inquilinos tend the 1.5 hectares of dry-farmed, bush-vine País parcels that date back to the early 1900s in Sauzal, Maule. Sauzal has a temperate Mediterranean climate with decomposed granite soil on steep slopes in the Coastal Mountains. The fruit was harvested on April 5th, 2026, fermented with native yeasts and 20% whole cluster with a ten-day maceration, and aged in concrete tank. 2,700 bottles were produced.
- Grape
- País (Listán Prieto)
- Origin
- Sauzal · D.O. Secano Interior
- Vintage
- Current release
Why old wines from the New World?
The Secano Interior is the dry coastal range of the Maule, south of Santiago. Wine has been made here since the sixteenth century, and the oldest vines in the country still grow here: head-trained, ungrafted, never irrigated. When the industry moved to the irrigated central valley, these vines were left behind. They are the reason MAITIA exists. A viticulture older than phylloxera and older than the French Revolution. It belongs to the building of the Americas.
How the wines are made
MAITIA Secano Collection reflects over fifteen years of trust with these growers. Owning the land is not the only way to make real wines. This is MAITIA's mission: bringing old vines from the New World to your table. Salú. — David Marcel, French winemaker. Half a lifetime in Chile, since 1998.
Recognition
Wine Advocate 92 points (Aupa Pipeño 2024).
Working with us
If you are interested in new wines from Chile, I'm happy to set up a call and show you the Secano. Wherever you import: Canada, Europe, Asia, Brazil or elsewhere in South America. Volumes are small and allocated. Pricing, availability and technical sheets are sent on request; samples ship from Chile.
See the País wine and dry farmed wine pages for the grape and the farming, or go straight to the importers page.
Vintages
The cellar book, year by year
Every harvest in the Secano is different — there is no irrigation to smooth it out. The vintage book records what each year did, wine by wine.
Samples
Request samples
Samples ship from Chile. Tell us where you import and we will send the trade sheet, pricing and availability for the MAITIA Secano Collection, Aupa and Rouge.