Pinot Noir los Parientes, Baettig, Traiguen

The 2023 Pinot Noir Viñedo Los Parientes originates from Traiguén, Araucanía. Fermented with 15% whole clusters and aged for eight months in oak barrels, it presents a purple hue. Aromas of cherry, pomegranate, dried flowers and sweet briars intertwine with cedar notes. Dry, lean and taut on the palate, the combination of stem tannins, oak and silky Pinot texture elevates things, creating a faintly plush mouthfeel with a gentle roughness. This is a meticulously crafted Pinot Noir from the deep south of Chile.

2022 was a milder year, and the 2022 Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Pinot Noir shows quite similar to the 2022 (there are more noticeable differences in the white); the parameters are similar (and so was the enology, with 10% full clusters, indigenous fermentation and small percentage of new barrels with a little less time in barrel, eight months here). Perhaps there is an earthier touch here; there's more finesse in the 2021 and a little more rusticity in this 2022. It's very open in the nose and very attractive, with fine tannins and nice balance. - Luis Gutièrrez

The 2022 Pinot Noir Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes, from Traiguén, Malleco, was aged for 8 months in 10% new barrels. Vivid ruby red in the glass. The alluring, expressive aromas include sour cherry and elderberry alongside hints of earth, mushroom and a little haystack. Fluid with finely grained, slightly grippy tannins that keep the palate compact. The elegant freshness ensures the flow is nimble before the lengthy, fruity finish. - Joaquin Hidalgo

Brown stems with a hint of blackcurrants, mulberries, violets, rose hips and a hint of licorice. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate with a fleshy mid-palate and fine tannins. Quite intense yet vibrant. Great drinkability.

The 2021 Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Pinot Noir was produced with some 10% full clusters and indigenous yeasts followed by nine months in barrel, 13% of them new 300-liter oak barrels and the rest used 228-liter ones. It has 13.5% alcohol and is direct, aromatic, with red fruit and notes of rosehip. The color and the nose keep the youth and primary aromas but with good ripeness and development of flavors; there's nothing herbal or green about it. - Luis Gutiérrez

There is a melted chocolate-crust character that binds well with the wild strawberries, plums, roses, wild herbs, white pepper and stemmy accents. This is bright and muscular, charged with seamless tannins. Very unique and powerful pinot, but juicy and caressing, too.

The extremely young red 2020 Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes Pinot Noir comes from a very warm and dry year in central Chile, but more normal in the south, but even then, the grapes were picked between March 20th and 30th (before the Chardonnay), quite early. There are nine hectares of Pinot Noir that are dry farmed and without herbicides in a zone of Mediterranean climate with average rain of more than 1,000 liters; in a drier year they might get 800 liters instead... This fermented with some 8% full clusters and matured in French oak barrels, 10% new and 300-liter, for 10 months. It's quite complex, with notes of rose hip and red berries and a hint of blood and iron. It has a soft palate with some earthy tannins, juicy acidity and some spiciness. - Luis Gutierrez

The 2020 Pinot Noir Baettig Vino de Viñedo Los Parientes, from Malleco, Traiguén, is aged for 10 months in 10% new barrels. Purplish red in hue. The aromas include sour cherry, sweetbriar and a hint of tea. In the mouth, the tannins are grippy and shape the well-judged acidity to energize the slightly warm palate. - Joaquín Hidalgo

Fermenteret i franske fade med naturlig gæring, med en mindre del hele klaser. Herefter 11 måneder i 18% nye 300-liter fade. Masser af hindbær og roser i duften. MEget blød og venlig. Pæn friskhed og perfekt modenhed. Intenst frugtig med en fin, lang afslutning.

nu er den tilbage på hylden hos forhandleren, og så er det bare om at slå til. For kvalitetsmæssigt repræsenterer vinen nok noget af det bedste inden for oversøisk pinot noir – særligt når vi taler sydamerikansk pinot. Dyb burgundisk næse med behersket stilket og pebret helklase-aftryk. Frugtnoterne rummer hyld, kirsebær og boysenbær samt noget røget og vulkansk svovlet, der tydeligt går igen i smagen. Mørke bær i ultraren form, fin syre og en spicy afslutning understreger, at dette er en ualmindeligt vellavet vin.

Maceration carbonique-frugtighed, tranebærsaft, nærmest cool og alkoholmild jura-stil, sprødmøre bær, brysksyre på den lækre måde, ja kald det bare chilensk syre, for de har noget me syre derovre dernede, og mild silketannin med svampesoja og tamarind i eftersmagen.