In Buenos Aires has become fashionable, according to experts. In Mendoza and Patagonia, where the best examples in the country are made, increase the hectares cultivated, although the number of wineries that produce bottles, remains limited.
Fashionable in Buenos Aires, Pinot Noir (or Pinot Black) is presented as the next big star among the reds. The editor of the En Primeur and Knower, Fabricio Portelli, he told FARM at the last fair of wines and wineries. The Pinot Noir, with its elegance, is what we like best; Bonarda even the best will not even reach the knees for a good Pinot Noir. As they begin to appear more Pinot Noir in the segment of $ 50 to $ 80 in wine shops, are going to take everything, because among the reds are the most elegant, the most tomables, and depending on, more complex wine. One thing is that the cultivated area grew exponentially Pinot Black. Only 200 hectares planted with this grape in 1990, today there are 1,441, 13 acres. INV data confirm that most vineyards are in Mendoza. In 2008 995.84 has noted. this grape, while Black River totaled 100 ha. and Neuquén, 173, 31 Another province that has good amount of this grape, although the weather does not stand out, is Córdoba, with 115 hectares. French variety that adapted well and particular to Argentine soil characteristics is demonstrated by the numbers. Cristina Pandolfi, Deputy INV Statistics states that between 2000 and 2008, the evolution of the area planted to Pinot Black was 37.63%. Lujan de Cuyo is ahead with 121 cultivated hectares, followed by the department of San Carlos, with nearly 88 acres of this variety. Used for blends, and good amount of foaming base among makers of this red grape wineries and Seventh, Leoncio Arizu, Viniterra, Lurton, Salentein, Carmine Granata, The Rural and Navarro Correas include, among others. In Patagonia are well known Pinot NQN winery and the Chacra, Noemia, Humberto Canale, and the End of the World.
Esteban Mendoza floor of Roldan, chief winemaker of Carmine Granata, says the winery brought to market a good Pinot Black long before it was fashionable. Our vineyard of 10 hectares is in Drummond, Lujan, and in 1996 started out with Pinot Black market, both internal and external. We are now selling the 2003 harvest; wines are very stowage and saved with a particular development process in vineyard and cellar; the oak aging is short, 8 to 10months, and then aged in bottle, with two years of stowage. The company produces 7,000 bottles a year, valued at $ 48 wine bottle. This wine is being marketed in Tucuman, Buenos Aires and Calafate, in wine shops and restaurant, never sell. A portion of that heading to France, where he won prizes in world contest Pinot Black says Roldán is exported.
He, like other experts, says the Pinot lets jam aromas on the nose, red fruit is very subtle on the palate, very delicate. By having a different treatment vineyard Pinot Noir Argentines are very different from the rest of the world. The Argentine Pinot Black has a lot of concentration, not pink like others. What makes this is the amount of daylight hours, the temperature range and soil type, says Roldán. Another winemaker proud of the results of its wine, is Rubén Calvo, Seventh, which draws its Seventh Night 2007 Pinot Black with very good results. This wine is made with grapes from Tupungato at 1,200 meters high, which are harvested manually and transported to the winery in small cases of 300 Kg. At the winery, the grapes are destemmed and crushed by hand, a rigorous adjustment of the acidity is made and undergo cold maceration for 4 days. The wine spends 8 months in oak barrels before bottling. This wine is sold mostly in England at the El Gaucho restaurant has exclusive distribution. It is also sold in domestic market. The idea is to expand on export, but the quantities are limited (10,000 bottles a year) is becoming slowly says Calvo. In the domestic market this wine worth $ 100 a bottle, and in England 50 pounds. Also the Black Pinot of Navarro Correas is made from grapes of Tupungato. And spends 12 months in oak and 6 in bottle. Fabian Gardino, the company’s winemaker, emphasizes that a feature of this wine is medium, very similar to Pinot from Burgundy color intensity. The nose has aromas of red fruit, raspberry and projecting a slight touch of snuff and smoke from passing through French oak. Add as a review, you must work even more mouth center and volume; we focus on this, making tillage from the vine, and we are studying other regions within Patagonia. We must work hard on this varietal, without copying the French model, for a Pinot Noir terroir located in the correct sums. The winery produces 50,000 bottles a year and sells half of its production in Argentina and the rest abroad. The suggested price per bottle is $ 30. Patagonia applauded, Malma Reserve Pinot Noir and Pinot Noir Malma Bodega NQN, are the star of the Neuquen signature lines. The chief winemaker Sergio Pomar, emphasizes that besides like all markets, this varietal knew Patagonian terroir fully fit and able to express their full potential. Patagonia with almost 20 ° C temperature range, its sunny days, cool nights, low rainfall, and seasoning Patagonian wind, achieves outstanding and amazing health products; in conjunction, of course, by the hand of man and technology. Thus we have wines with a very strong, expressive aromas and delicate on the palate varietal typicity. The winery sells its Pinot Black in Brazil, USA and England and also in the local market. Pinot Noir from Malma 30,000 bottles a year are produced, at a suggested price of $ 25. In both Malma Reserve Pinot Noir has a suggested price of $ 45, and only 5,000 bottles are produced annually. The reserve is kept in oak barrels for 12 months and 8 months in bottle and has a suggested saved 6 years. Finally, we talk about Marcus Gran Reserva Pinot Noir Humberto Canale. This suggested wine, the price is $ 88 is considered by many experts as one of the best Argentine Pinot Black. The winery also produces Pinot Noir another $ 40 gondola.
Ignacio Guidi, H. Canale says this valletana area near the Mid Valley is the best part of the country for the development of this strain. Maturing before harvest (15 March) temperatures rise to 30 ° to 33 ° and at night drop to 12 ° to 14 °. Therefore it is very suitable for cultivation of strain zone.
