Primavento

The winery

Primavento is the wine project of the Porfiri Trivelli family in Diaguitas, a small village in the Elqui Valley a few kilometers from Vicuña. Since 1985 the family has worked Fundo La Primavera, an estate devoted to table grapes and pomegranates for export. In 2013, after studying the soils and finding limestone veins in the upper part of the farm, it planted its first micro-blocks of vines, taking up again the trade of its Italian ancestors, who made wine in the Marche region. The name comes from the Italian primo vento, “first wind,” and refers to the terral, the warm wind that blows through this part of the valley in the mornings and protects the vines from spring frosts.

The grapes come from two estate vineyards: La Aguada, about 5 hectares that climb the farm's slopes to 1,100 m above sea level among dry-stone walls (pircas), rocks and native flora, and a new 1.5-hectare vineyard within the village. The soils are clay loam with limestone patches; irrigation is by gravity, with snowmelt and spring water, and a reservoir at the top of the farm is filled by solar pumps. They grow Syrah, Malbec, Carménère, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha and Sauvignon Blanc with minimal intervention and biological corridors for local wildlife; the winery speaks of organic farming and of following the phases of the moon, though it reports no certification. The harvest is by hand and starts in the second half of February. There are three lines of small runs, from about 570 to 2,750 bottles per wine: Samak (“creator” in the Kakán language), with Malbec, Syrah and Mourvèdre aged 18 to 20 months in barrel and a Sauvignon Blanc; Indicio, dedicated to the chagual, a native bromeliad that flowers among the vines, with Carménère, Syrah, a red blend and a rosé; and Lapsos de Elqui, one-off editions such as a Carignan from head-trained vines on the farm, a Cabernet Sauvignon and a dry Pedro Jiménez from a pergola vineyard in Alcohuaz.

For now the winery has no space open to the public with set hours: visits are arranged by writing to contacto@primavento.com, and it also answers on WhatsApp at +56 9 8414 9766. The family has announced a wine shop in the village of Diaguitas, beside the access road (D-333), where you will be able to buy the wines, taste and arrange tours to the mountain vineyards; in late October 2026 it was still under construction. In the meantime, the wines are sold through the online shop, in six-bottle cases or trios, with shipping throughout Chile, and can be found in restaurants, hotels and wine shops in the north and in other regions, such as Refugio Mamalluca, Copao Resto Bar Elqui and the CasaMolle hotel, as well as some Supermercado Diez stores in Santiago.