Bichi Tinto 2016 red wine from Baja California, Mexico, made with Tempranillo and Nebbiolo grapes using biodynamic methods
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Bichi Tinto 2016

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Tasting notes

This is an Italo-Mexican mashup that has no real precedent: Nebbiolo's dusty rose and firm acid meets Tempranillo's crunchy red fruit, all run through a chili pepper and granite mineral thread that is unmistakably Tecate. At 12.5% ABV from 100-year-old dry-farmed vines in the Mexican mountains, it is far more energetic and fresh than the terroir would suggest.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
CherryMineralChili SpiceDried Rose
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Tempranillo, Nebbiolo
Farming:Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:2016
Alcohol:12.5%
Country:Mexico
Region:Baja California
Appellation:N/A
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Bichi

Bichi was founded in 2014 by the Téllez family, who relocated from Sonora to Tecate, Baja California. The name comes from a Sonoran Yaqui dialect word meaning 'naked,' chosen to signal a no-additions winemaking approach. Chilean winemaker Louis-Antoine Luyt, who trained in Burgundy and is known for reviving the Pais grape in Chile, began collaborating with the family at the project's founding. Luyt worked with Bichi through the 2016 vintage before departing in 2017. Noel Téllez, a former lawyer, is now the sole owner and operator, working with Beaujolais-trained winemaker Yann Rohel.

Bichi farms 10 hectares of its own Tecate vineyards biodynamically and sources from a wider network of organic growers in Tecate and around San Antonio de las Minas in Valle de Guadalupe. All estate vines are head-trained and dry-farmed, with the majority over 100 years old and own-rooted. The focus is on recovering nearly forgotten heritage plantings — Misión, Rosa del Peru, Tempranillo, and others — that were largely abandoned as commercial wineries in Baja moved toward irrigated international varieties.

In the winery, grapes are destemmed by hand and foot-trodden, then fermented with native yeasts in locally fabricated 450-liter concrete tinajas. Wines are raised in a mix of neutral old barrels and stainless steel vats. Bottling is done without fining or filtration, with minimal or no sulfur added depending on the cuvée and vintage. The Tinto 2016 was bottled with no added SO2 and only 378 cases were produced.

Wine region

Baja California, Mexico

Tecate sits in the Puerta Norte area of Baja California Norte, roughly six miles south of the California border. It is not formally classified within the Valleys of Ensenada appellation cluster, but its mountain vineyards at elevations above 2,000 feet give it a cooler, more continental character than the better-known Valle de Guadalupe further south. Soils in the area are sandy loam over decomposed granite, well-draining by nature. The climate is Mediterranean in influence, with Pacific ocean air moderating summer heat and producing significant diurnal temperature swings that preserve acidity in the grapes.

Baja California accounts for roughly 90% of all wine production in Mexico, with winemaking history dating to Spanish missionaries in the early 1500s. The state has no formal DOC-equivalent appellation system, though Valle de Guadalupe is the most internationally recognized sub-region. Tecate, by contrast, is primarily known in natural wine circles as the base of Bichi. Key varieties grown across the state include Tempranillo, Nebbiolo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc, Misión (Listán Prieto), and Rosa del Peru (Moscatel Negro). The extreme dryness — some areas receive only 8 inches of annual rainfall — makes dry-farming an act of careful site selection rather than routine practice.

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Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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