2021 Sin Azufre Pinot Noir
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Full bottle just 1,169 g. Made without added sulphur (azufre) – although the back label still says 'Contains sulfites'. Organic and biodynamic grapes from vines planted in 1955. Fermented in concrete with indigenous yeasts for 15 days and 60% matured in French oak barrels, 30% in concrete tanks and 10% in clay amphorae for 9 months. Certified organic. Very pale garnet. Really interesting, fresh, complex nose. Deep flavours and great balance. Some floral notes. Very refreshing with lively cranberry flavours. Ready now but fresh as a daisy despite the zero sulphur addition. Not dense but very satisfying. (JR)
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The 2021 Sin Azufre is the no-sulfur-added cuvée of Pinot Noir from organic and biodynamic grapes from vines planted in 1955. It fermented in concrete with indigenous yeasts for 15 days and matured 60% in French oak barrels, 30% in concrete tanks and 10% in clay amphorae for nine months. It's light and fresh with 12% alcohol. The first vintage of this wine in 2013 changed everything, and today all the wines have very little sulfur. The nose is alive and expressive, denoting a living wine with hints of organic earth and tons of flowers and translucent red berries. It's clean, precise and chiseled, with pungent flavor, weightless but full of energy and light, with purity of flavors and symmetry. There are no hints of a wine with no sulfur added. It's just a superb expression of Pinot. Purity without funkiness. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2021.
Very fresh aromas of cranberries, fresh blueberries, stones, pomegranates, stems, violets and lemon zest. Itâs medium-bodied with very fine, powdery tannins. So clean and juicy. Mineral, layered and transparent. Taut finish. Fruit from Cincuenta y Cinco vineyard. No sulfites added. Drink from 2023. From biodynamically grown grapes.