Description
Having overcome the challenges of planting vines in the Atacama Desert, Ventisquero have succeeded in producing a very special, limited edition wine. Made with 100% Pinot Noir from calcareous soil, with alluvial stones, located in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd terraces of the River Huasco in the areas of Longomilla and Nicolasa. Both the soil profile and the waters of the River Huasco lend the wine a significant level of salinity. This wine was aged for 24 months: 60% in a 1500-liter capacity unroasted cask and 40% in a 1000-liter capacity concrete egg. This wine was not clarified, nor did it receive a final filtration.
Tasting Notes :
It has a beautiful light ruby-red colour and has a complex nose with cherry and raspberry aromas intermingled with notes of mushrooms, fallen leaves and forest floor. In the mouth it is intense, with crisp acidity, firm tannins and good structure. Its minerality and the tension in the mouth from the chalky soils are very clear. The mouth is almost salty thanks to the influence of the ocean and the soil.
