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Viña Quintay "Clava" Pinot Noir - 2022

Name: Viña Quintay "Clava" Pinot Noir
Brand: Viña Quintay
SKU: 32537
Price: 14.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 32537 750 mL

Earthy Burgundian-style Pinot Noir from the the Casablanca Valley of Chile. Light on its feet with delicate red fruits and forest floor minerality. Clava spends a short amount of time in French Oak in order to focus on the pure expression of fruit grown in this cool-climate valley.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2022

Country

Chile

Region

Casablanca

Producer

Viña Quintay

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir

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Staff Pick Notes

The rare inexpensive Pinot that delivers in taste--and that's really saying something. The southernly Casablanca Valley is perfectly suited for this finicky grape. Warm days and cool nights give Pinot Noir the bright fruit and crisp acidity that delivers the finesse and balance of a great Pinot. Here the berried cherried fruit is bright and fresh; underlying that is a bramble earthiness and structure that complements the fruit perfectly. I drink this with a slight chill, and it pairs nicely with goat cheese.

- JGM

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