WSET DIPLOMA TASTING NOTE Pinot Noir Los Gansos reserva 2012 Cono Sur
Appearance: The wine is clear and bright, it is pale ruby up the core and a medium widely rim and it shows legs on the glass.
Nose: The wine is clean, it is developing and it has medium intesity aromas of red fruits such as raspberry, red cherry and hints of cacao and coffee.
Palate: the wine is dry, it has medium + acidity and soft and ripe medium tannins and high alcohol. The body is medium + and the flavour intensity is medium + . The wine shows flavours of red fruits such as strawberries, raspeberry and cherry and herbal notes such as medicinal and vegetable flavours such as olives and animal flavours (leather). the wine has medium + lenght
Assesement of quality: It is a very good wine, because it has a good concentration of primary aromas and it has complex aromas (also tertiary aromas from ageing such as the vegetal and animal notes). The wine is well balanced between alcohol and body and the tannins are well integrated and it has a long lenght. The finish is dominated by the vegetal aromas still not well integrated .It is a good example of Pinot Noir from the Chile, especially from this region, Casablanca Valley where the maritime influence of the Humboldt current helps the grapes to ripen slowly and develop complex aromas.
Method of production:The reserva wines are made from only the best grapes from the best vineyards. Wines are required to have at least 75% of a grape variety if it is to be consumed within Chile. If it is to be exported, it must contain 85% of the varietal listed on the label as well as at least 85% from the designated vintage year. The word reserva on the label has no legal definition or meaning.
Region of origin Casablanca Valley, Chile
Predominant grape variety: Pinot Noir
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but it has potential for further ageing because the good level of acidity, alcohol and the developing vegetal aromas still now well integrated.
Appearance: The wine is bright and clear with a pale purple core and a pink rim. The wine has tears.
Nose: It is clean. it has medium intensity and is youthful. It has aromas of red and black cherry, raspberry and some hints of spicy notes such as vanilla and cloves.
Palate: The wine is dry, it has low acidity and the medium level of tannins are underripe and green. The wine has medium + level of alcohol and it has medium body. It has medium intensity and show flavours of red and black cherry and some herbal notes such as medicinal. It has hints of cloves. The lenght is medium -.
Assessment of quality: It is an acceptable wine, because it is a good example of the typicity of Pinot Noir from the region of Marlbororough (because the high level of alcohol and body and nature of tannins (because the climate) for a Pinot) , but it lack complexity of aromas and the wine is not well concentrate (dilute and weak flavours) and it has a quiet short lenght.
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but it has not potential for further developing.
Method of production: Some parcels of Pinot Noir hand harvested, cold soaked up to ten days, cap hand plunged 4 times/day, temperature of 32°. rested on full lees in new and seasoned french barriques. Natural malolactic fermantation in spring.
Region of origin Marlborough, New Zealand
Predominant grape variety: Pinot Noir
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WSET DIPLOMA TASTING NOTE Appereance: The wine is clear, the intensity of the colour is pale and the colour is lemon. The mousse has small bubbles and the persistence is short.
Nose: The wine is clean, it has medium medium- intensity, it is youthful and has aromas of green apples.
Palate:The wine is dry, with medium+ acidity, it has medium alcohol(12%) the body is light and the intensity of the flavour is medium+. The flavours have hints of green apples, apricot and some toasted aromas. The lenght is medium+.
Assessment of quality: It is a very good wine because the lenght is long on the palate, there is balance beetwen acidity and mousse it has enough complexity on the palate, but lack complexity on the nose.
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but has potential for ageing 2-3 years because the good level of acidity
Approximate retail price: Mid priced
Method of production: traditional
Region of origin Languedoc, France
Predominant grape variety: Mauzac
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2012 Viña Cono Sur Pinot Noir
11/10/2013 - Matteo Girardi wrote: 92 Points
WSET DIPLOMA TASTING NOTE
Pinot Noir Los Gansos reserva 2012 Cono Sur
Appearance: The wine is clear and bright, it is pale ruby up the core and a medium widely rim and it shows legs on the glass.
Nose: The wine is clean, it is developing and it has medium intesity aromas of red fruits such as raspberry, red cherry and hints of cacao and coffee.
Palate: the wine is dry, it has medium + acidity and soft and ripe medium tannins and high alcohol. The body is medium + and the flavour intensity is medium + . The wine shows flavours of red fruits such as strawberries, raspeberry and cherry and herbal notes such as medicinal and vegetable flavours such as olives and animal flavours (leather).
the wine has medium + lenght
Assesement of quality: It is a very good wine, because it has a good concentration of primary aromas and it has complex aromas (also tertiary aromas from ageing such as the vegetal and animal notes). The wine is well balanced between alcohol and body and the tannins are well integrated and it has a long lenght. The finish is dominated by the vegetal aromas still not well integrated .It is a good example of Pinot Noir from the Chile, especially from this region, Casablanca Valley where the maritime influence of the Humboldt current helps the grapes to ripen slowly and develop complex aromas.
Method of production:The reserva wines are made from only the best grapes from the best vineyards. Wines are required to have at least 75% of a grape variety if it is to be consumed within Chile. If it is to be exported, it must contain 85% of the varietal listed on the label as well as at least 85% from the designated vintage year. The word reserva on the label has no legal definition or meaning.
Region of origin Casablanca Valley, Chile
Predominant grape variety: Pinot Noir
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but it has potential for further ageing because the good level of acidity, alcohol and the developing vegetal aromas still now well integrated.
Approximate retail price: High Priced (£ 12 - £ 19 £)
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2011 Villa Maria Pinot Noir Cellar Selection
11/10/2013 - Matteo Girardi wrote: 84 Points
WSET DIPLOMA TASTING NOTE
Appearance: The wine is bright and clear with a pale purple core and a pink rim. The wine has tears.
Nose: It is clean. it has medium intensity and is youthful. It has aromas of red and black cherry, raspberry and some hints of spicy notes such as vanilla and cloves.
Palate: The wine is dry, it has low acidity and the medium level of tannins are underripe and green. The wine has medium + level of alcohol and it has medium body. It has medium intensity and show flavours of red and black cherry and some herbal notes such as medicinal. It has hints of cloves. The lenght is medium -.
Assessment of quality: It is an acceptable wine, because it is a good example of the typicity of Pinot Noir from the region of Marlbororough (because the high level of alcohol and body and nature of tannins (because the climate) for a Pinot) , but it lack complexity of aromas and the wine is not well concentrate (dilute and weak flavours) and it has a quiet short lenght.
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but it has not potential for further developing.
Approximate retail price: High Priced (£ 12 - £ 19 £)
Method of production: Some parcels of Pinot Noir hand harvested, cold soaked up to ten days, cap hand plunged 4 times/day, temperature of 32°. rested on full lees in new and seasoned french barriques. Natural malolactic fermantation in spring.
Region of origin Marlborough, New Zealand
Predominant grape variety: Pinot Noir
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NV J. Laurens Blanquette de Limoux Le Moulin Brut
4/20/2013 - Matteo Girardi Likes this wine: 88 Points
WSET DIPLOMA TASTING NOTE
Appereance: The wine is clear, the intensity of the colour is pale and the colour is lemon. The mousse has small bubbles and the persistence is short.
Nose: The wine is clean, it has medium medium- intensity, it is youthful and has aromas of green apples.
Palate:The wine is dry, with medium+ acidity, it has medium alcohol(12%) the body is light and the intensity of the flavour is medium+. The flavours have hints of green apples, apricot and some toasted aromas. The lenght is medium+.
Assessment of quality: It is a very good wine because the lenght is long on the palate, there is balance beetwen acidity and mousse it has enough complexity on the palate, but lack complexity on the nose.
Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing: Can drink now, but has potential for ageing 2-3 years because the good level of acidity
Approximate retail price: Mid priced
Method of production: traditional
Region of origin Languedoc, France
Predominant grape variety: Mauzac
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