Laberinto Cenizas Pinot Noir 2023

Wir freuen uns, Ihnen neben Pedro Parra einen weiteren chilenischen Ausnahmewinzer vorstellen zu können. Auch er hat lange für große Weingüter wie Zuccardi gearbeitet, bevor er sich entschloss, seine eigenen Weine auf eine ganz andere Art zu machen: unabhängig, eigenständig, biologisch.

The 2023 Cenizas de Laberinto Pinot Noir was fermented with 30% whole clusters and matured for 10 months in 400-liter barrels. It features a lifted, floral and citrus-tinged nose with brilliant energy that reveals additional forest-driven aromas as it aerates. On the palate, it presents a delicious combination of silky, juicy, broad and focused notes, concluding with a chalky, refined finish. This was a standout highlight among the impressive Laberinto lineup and will appeal to readers seeking tensile, lacy expressions of Pinot Noir.

From a vineyard planted some 30 years ago on volcanic soils on the shores of Lake Colbún, in the Maule Valley, this wine was fermented with native yeasts and then aged in old barrels for about 12 months. It may be a matter of suggestion, but the sensation of earthy flavors, like ash from that volcanic soil, is very present in this wine, which gives it a very particular character. But it also has fruity flavors and the usual acidity of the wines from this area where the Andean foothills begin.