2019 Errazuriz, Las Pizarras Pinot Noir, Aconcagua Costa, Chile

The 2019 Las Pizarras Pinot Noir, Aconcagua Costa Pinot Noir from slate pizarra) soils, is mellow and soft in this vintage. The grapes were picked early, between February 26th and 28th, and after a four- to five-day cold soak, they fermented in small open vats with 15% full clusters and 12 to 20 days of maceration. It's perfumed and floral with notes of roses and red fruit and a faint twist of iron. It has structure and a chalky texture, with good depth. It's long and tasty, with very fine tannins and a bitter twist in the finish. It matured in French oak barrels, 45% of them new, for 13 months. 6,615 bottles were filled in May 2020.

Drink 2021 - 2027

The 2019 Pinot Noir Las Pizarras comes from Quillota, Aconcagua and is 15% fermented in whole bunches before spending 13 months in 45% new French barrels. Cherry red in the glass. The nose offers gunpowder, undergrowth and blood over a bed of herbs and rose petals. In the mouth, the tannins from the stalk and wood make for an overbearing structure right now, but this should improve in bottle.

Drink 2021 - 2026