Viña Aynco

The winery

Aynco was born in 2014, when three partners decided to revive the winemaking tradition of Galvarino, a municipality in the Cautín valley where Swiss settlers and later local farmers planted vines during the last century, later replaced by forestry plantations. The name comes from Mapudungun and means sacred water, a tribute to the Mapuche people and the land of La Araucanía. The first wine came out in 2016, and 2019 brought the first export, to Brazil, under the motto "Desde La Araucanía al Mundo" (from La Araucanía to the world). In 2021 it joined Vinos de La Araucanía, a collective brand of producers from the region, and it remains a small winery: each year it bottles lots of no more than 1,500 bottles per variety.

Its own vineyard is in the Capricho district, about 12 km from the town of Galvarino, with the cellar beside the vines. Of an 8-hectare farm, about 2.5 are planted with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling, plus small trials of other varieties. From this vineyard comes Mara, the Riesling the winery presents as the southernmost in Chile; the Pinot Noir Yarken is also born in Galvarino, and the cellar also vinifies grapes from the Malleco valley, such as the Moscatel de Alejandría from a century-old vineyard in Angol, in the Nahuelbuta range, which gives the rosé Alba, and the Chardonnay Amulen. The wines are made with minimal intervention and aim to preserve the natural acidity that the cold and the volcanic soils of the south provide; several labels carry Mapudungun names, such as Mara (hare) and Yarken (owl).

The Aynco Esencial visit lasts about three and a half hours: it begins with a welcome, tours the vineyard, enters the cellar and ends with a guided tasting of four wines, for groups of up to 20 people. Book through the website form or by WhatsApp. The version with a three-course lunch is currently listed as unavailable, and the winery has no restaurant or accommodation. Its wines are bought directly from the winery by WhatsApp, from the catalog published on its website.