Saturday 7 August 2010

TN : TH Pinot Noir 2008, Vina Undurraga, West Casablanca, Chile


TH stands for "Terroir Hunter". The grapes for this wine come from a 1.59 hectare North-facing hillside in Las Dichas at tha far South-Western end of the Casablanca Valley. Only 685 cases of this wine were produced. The grapes were grown in well-drained red clay loam over alterated granite subsoil, rich in quartz. 100% Davis 1 Pinot Noir clones were used. This wine was sealed with a screwcap.



Colour : Red

Aroma : Strawberry, spice, plums, oak

Taste : Red berries, oak, plums spice

Alcohol : 13.5%

Price : 149 SEK

Mark : C+

Website : Vina Undurraga

1 comment:

CambridgeWineBlogger said...

I tasted the TH Pinot Noir at an event in Cambridge recently - it was presented by Rafael Urrejola, Chief Winemaker at Vina Undurraga.

See the full write-up here: http://cambridgewineblogger.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-search-of-terroir-chiles-vina.html