100% Pinot Noir

2008.

From 2nd to 15th March.

Ingeniero Luis A. Huergo, Río Negro, Argentine Patagonia.

350 m. over the sea level / 39.2° Latitude South.

Semiarid, limy-clayey, with alluvial materials, good natural permeability and drainage, low organic material, and poor fertility.

Mild. Lineal oasis that crosses the semiarid Patagonian steppe. The annual rain average is of 200 mm..Winters are cold; summers have warm days and cool nights. There is a huge temperature range (over 70°F). Winds of 9,9 km/h average are permanent. The relative humidity is 54%.

Manual, at dawn, packed in 18kg boxes.

245g/l (24,6 Brix).

Very good to excellent, with good accumulation of sun hours. The temperatures and low rains (50mm) guaranteed the vines dormancy. A pretty good spring, with no frosts and moderate winds. These conditions permitted the successful vine development, with no health damage. A mild and dry summer, with temperatures around 90°F and 104°F helped the vine maturity process and guaranteed a high sugar content. The temperature range of 72°F permitted a gradual maturity of the different varieties, what guaranteed mature tannins in the seeds and better color of the grapes.

Grapes are manually selected in a vibrating double selection board.

Traditional red wine winemaking. Pre- fermentative cold maceration; sowing of selected yeasts, fermentation at 75°F and 79°F and a 25 days maceration over the orujos, with periodic rotations. Natural malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

750 ml.

Ruby red, bright, colorful and brilliant. With scents of ripe fruit –cherries and wild berries-. Once in mouth, its flavor is soft, rounded, balanced and easy drinking. Typical variety of cold weathers where all the elegance and personality of the Pinot Noir is expressed.

Between 57°F and 61°F.