Following parallel benchmarking Patagonian Pinot Noir, a group of 4 people tried to blind two wines made by the same winemaker and from different areas, one of General Roca - Black River and other St. Patrick's Chañar - Neuquén. Both wines are of a "confidential", with some oak aging and aging potential and are made by winemaker Marcelo Miranda, ex-Canale and currently vinified to Bodega del Fin del Mundo:
Agrestis Pinot Noir 2007:
Winery: Agrestis
Area: General Roca - Rio Black
Color: brick red clear, evolved with low brightness and low depth.
Aroma: slightly fruity, but it is spicy, with earth and wood evolved. Very low volume of aroma, flat.
Taste: solid, meaty and quite tannic, with no fresh attack with good acidity. Very good balance in the mouth with center full mouth. Its alcohol content is 14 ° and has high persistence.
Value: $ 60
Quality / Price: Regular
Winery: Agrestis
Area: General Roca - Rio Black
Color: brick red clear, evolved with low brightness and low depth.
Aroma: slightly fruity, but it is spicy, with earth and wood evolved. Very low volume of aroma, flat.
Taste: solid, meaty and quite tannic, with no fresh attack with good acidity. Very good balance in the mouth with center full mouth. Its alcohol content is 14 ° and has high persistence.
Value: $ 60
Quality / Price: Regular
Doomsday RESERVE Pinot Noir 2008:
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Area: St. Patrick's Chañar - Neuquén
Color: ruby \u200b\u200bred with violet reflections, water, bright and shallow.
Aroma: good crop of red fruits, raspberry, light touch of wood smoke. Very good volume of aroma.
Taste: light, sharp and angular, sweet and acid attack too high. In the mouth becomes unbalanced forward and sideways, with a feeling of bitterness that bothers a little. Its alcohol content is 13 ° and have low persistence.
Area: St. Patrick's Chañar - Neuquén
Color: ruby \u200b\u200bred with violet reflections, water, bright and shallow.
Aroma: good crop of red fruits, raspberry, light touch of wood smoke. Very good volume of aroma.
Taste: light, sharp and angular, sweet and acid attack too high. In the mouth becomes unbalanced forward and sideways, with a feeling of bitterness that bothers a little. Its alcohol content is 13 ° and have low persistence.
Value: $ 58
Quality / Price: Mala
Conclusion: bring me bad the Pinot Noir of the Bodega del Fin del Mundo, so far I have been disappointed, and I am surprised because the rest of their wines (especially the Malbec) have always played well in price / quality. The Agrestis has to rescue a very good balance in the mouth, good tannic and very persistent, deserves a try to see that a Pinot Noir wine can be a "persistent" and not "short" as are most wines made with this grape.
Fabian Mitidieri
More information: http://www.bodegaagrestis.com.ar/ and http://www.bodegadelfindelmundo.com/