Bodega Chacra Cincuenta y Cinco 55 Pinot Noir 2023 750ml tannat

Bodega Chacra Cincuenta y Cinco 55 Pinot Noir 2023 750ml tannatBodega Chacra is Piero Incisa della Rochetta's personal project in Rio Negro, Argentina (Patagonia). Harvested manually, the wines are fermented in cement vats with minimal intervention before being put into Burgundian oak barrels of which about 20% are new. Fermentation takes place naturally in the barrel over 6 months before being bottled without fining or filtration. Argentina is not known for its Pinot Noirs, but this one is impressive: aromatic,

short snort of vanilla

this elegant Malagousia pairs beautifully with seafood

with a deep mineral core

Optik Solomon Hills Pinot Noir 2021 750ml — A refined California Pinot Noir from the Solomon Hills Vineyard

There's a pure and electric nature of roasted agave flavor here

Ripe Raspberry

This introductory vintage captures the vision behind the ‘S’ label

bright straw color

Aromas of antique cedar

Elaborated according to the ancestral tradition of the region

with a long finish that leaves a lingering trail of mocha and dark chocolate that somehow avoids any sense of heaviness or excess

It's exquisitely paired with dessert and a coup for stand-alone nightcaps