Agustinos Pinot Noir Gran Reserva BioBio Valley 2008 75cl

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  • Colour

    Red

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Producer

    VC Family Estates

  • Country

    CHILE

  • Region

    BIO BIO

  • Alcohol

    13.6%

  • Product code

    17AGU12B2008

  • Availability

    2 cases

  • Grape Variety

    100% Pinot Noir


Tasting Notes

This wine has a really interesting, vivaciously burgundian build. It's in no way heavy or too sweet but dances lightly on the palate, with some intriguing coffee bean notes and a lovely acidity and velvety texture and very enveloping tannins.

Vinification Details.

Hand harvested, the grapes are first cold soaked for 10 days at 9-10 ºC before the fermentation takes place in open-topped fermenters à la Bourguignonne took with a few pigeages and remontages. It is then matured in French oak barrels (of which 25% are new) for 11 months.

Producer Information

Forged from several mountainous valleys along the southwest coast of South America, Chile has seen a renaissance in its agricultural heritage with wine. VC Family Estates, the winemaking arm of the Corpora Group, whose wine portfolio includes brands like Gracia de Chile, Agustinos, Porta and Veranda, are harnessing the unique climate and dramatic terroir (mountains, valleys, proximity to the ocean) to make world class wines.

The winemaking team here has a particularly Burgundian accent: Consultant is Pascal Marchand, ex winemaker at Domaine de la Vougeraie, and Veranda is his own project. It is little wonder perhaps that Chardonnay & Pinot Noir seems to be something of an obsession, including new clones of Pinot Noir being developed in a joint venture between VC Family Estates, the University of Concepcion and UC Davis in California.


Regional info.

Forged from several mountainous valleys along the southwest coast of South America, Chile has seen a renaissance in its agricultural heritage with wine. VC Family Estates, the winemaking arm of the Corpora Group, whose wine portfolio includes brands like Gracia de Chile, Agustinos, Porta and Veranda, are harnessing the unique climate and dramatic terroir (mountains, valleys, proximity to the ocean) to make world class wines.

The winemaking team here has a particularly Burgundian accent. Consultant is Pascal Marchand, ex winemaker at Domaine de la Vougeraie, and in day to day charge is Louis Vallet, son of Bernard Vallet of the eponymous Burgundy domaine. It is little wonder perhaps that Chardonnay & Pinot Noir seems to be something of an obsession, including new clones of Pinot Noir being developed in a joint venture between VC Family Estates, the University of Concepcion and UC Davis in California.

The Bio Bio Valley is Chile's second southernmost wine region, only Malleco can boast vineyards further south in Chile than Bio Bio. The Agustinos Bio Bio vineyards are located 500 km south of Santiago and are situated at an altitude of 75 metres above sea level. The climate is a sub humid Mediterranean with the sea influence from the Pacific Ocean, the vines are grown in medium to poor soils, with stones and sandy areas and are on gentle slopes close to Bio-Bio River.

VC Family Estate is one of the first producers that has taken Bio Bio particularly seriously, investing heavily in top quality new vineyards down there as long ago as 1993.

More information

ageing potential

very attractive for early drinking

organic

No

vegetarians

Yes

classification apellation

Bio Bio Valley

residual sugar

2.79g/l

wine ph

3.7

food match

almond-crusted Catalan chicken

total acidity

3.6g/l

makers name

Rodrigo Romero

vegans

No



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