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Leyda Pinot Noir Cahuil Leyda Valley

Leyda Pinot Noir Cahuil Leyda Valley 2009

Chile

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£14.95

Product details

  • Variety

    Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Noir Cahuil Vineyard is intense and with high complexity on the nose, with aromas of strawberries, red cherries and a hint of orange peel. It has a sweet front palate, broad mouth-feel with strong but soft tannins and long aftertaste.

  • Alcohol

    14%

  • When to drink

    Drink now or keep for 2-3 years

  • Bottle

    75

  • Style

    Smooth, Medium Bodied Red
    • Organically Produced

Press ReviewPress

Winemaker Viviana Navarrete makes a number of good Pinots, yet this is the one to buy. It’s quite a concentrated style – there’s more than a hint of Central Otago here – but there’s opulence and freshness in equal measure, with toasty oak, some wild strawberry and a stylish, blackberryish finish. 92 points

Tim Atkin MWwww.timatkin.com

North-east block, with more heat and light. Low yielding and selected twice, in vineyard and winery. Open fermented, 20% new oak, all aged 10 months in oak. Quite creamy, with cherry and more plummy fruit. A little vanilla, but also a savoury black olive note. The palate has more weight than the las Brisas, with a more plummy fruit, and a cool, quite chocolaty finish. 90/100.

wine-pages.com, February 2010

Winemaking

Cahuil Vineyard is planted on a west orientated slope in the Leyda Estate, searching for the least fertile soils and the best exposure to sunlight. The viticultural management is specially orientated to get just a few clusters per plant, small berries and a slow and uniform ripening period. The production in this block is 5 tons per hectare. Due to the low yield and good exposure to sunlight, the development of the tannins, from both skins and seeds is better in this block. Therefore, the winemaking is orientated to gently extract these ripe tannins and get broadness and structure in the wine. After a short maceration of skins, the wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. 30% of new oak is used in this wine.

  • Vintage

    2009

  • Producer

    Vina Leyda

  • Closure

    Cork

  • Case Size

    12

  • SKU

    68520109

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