Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is the most demanding and frustrating grape for a winemaker, and the most loved by wine enthusiasts. It's delicate, sensitive to climate, prone to disease, and only expresses its greatness in very specific places. When it succeeds, it produces some of the world's most sublime wines: Burgundy's Côte d'Or is its temple. Genetically unstable—parent of mutations like Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc—it prefers cool climates where it can ripen slowly and retain its vibrant acidity. In Argentina, Patagonia (Río Negro, Chubut) and high-altitude zones like Gualtallary are producing increasingly interesting Pinots. It's the grape that best expresses terroir: two neighboring parcels in Burgundy can produce radically different wines. Its ethereal character, its silky tannins, and its complex aromatic profile—between red fruits, forest floor, and sweet spices—make it unmistakable.