Errazuriz, Las Pizarras Pinot Noir Vintage:2017 orange peel and dark berries

orange peel and dark berries to reveal themselves

I would suggest decanting this though I cannot be certain that will be sufficient to dissipate it

There is a reserved character to the beautifully detailed medium weight flavors that possess a distinct saline quality on the balanced

A brooding but notably ripe nose of dark cherry and pungent earth aromas slides gracefully into strikingly rich and tautly muscular big-bodied flavors that possess praiseworthy concentration

espresso and dried blood tincturing the fruit on the finish

Errazuriz, Las Pizarras Pinot Noir Vintage:2017 orange peel and dark berriesI also tasted two consecutive vintages of the slate Pinot Noir, and the oldest of the two is the 2016 Aconcagua Costa "Las Pizarras" Pinot Noir, which fermented with 18% full clusters in open vats after a cold soak and had a 20 day maceration. It matured for some 14 months in French barriques, 33% of them new. It has that iodine like or fresh blood note I associate with schist and iron soils. This seems fresher and more precise than the previous 2015,