Casas del Bosque Reserva Pinot Noir 2023
Lighter color, typical of cool climate Pinot Noir. Red cherries and strawberries on the nose and a hint of earthiness shows up. The wine showcases a fresh fruit profile combined with a rose petal character. On the background, an elegant licorice note appears, imparting complexity. Palate is round, with elegant and light body. Delicate extraction delivers soft and refined tannins. Acidity is there and imparts freshness.A saline aftertaste is the distinctive feature from this cool site.
“Top Value Pinot Noir Wine From Around The World To Buy Right Now”
– Forbes Magazine, March 2025
Vineyard located within the coolest, westernmost reaches of the Casablanca Valley. Grown on flatter soils and planted between
1999 and 2008, equipped with drip irrigation. Crop levels are an average of 6 tons per hectare (2.4 tons per acre). Severe spring frosts damages most of our PN parcels to a different degree. The ripening season was warm and sunny. All grapes were hand harvested by the end of March. The fruit is partially destemmed andcold soaked for 2-3 days. Selected yeasts were inoculated and once the alcoholic fermentation began, we started managing the cap with both punch downs and pumping over. We kept an eye on avoiding over extraction towards the end
of primary fermentation. Malolactic fermentation was induced by inoculating the
wine with selected lactic bacteria. 10% of the final blend spent 10 months into new French oak barrels, 40% of the final blend spent 10
months into old (up to 5th use) French oak barrels and the remaining 50% went into stainless steel over fine lees. After the elevage, the wine was racked into stainless steel and the blend was fined with inactivated yeasts. A total
of 6,000 cases were produced.
