Description
Tags:
Argentina,
Argentina red,
New,
Organic,
Organic Wine,
Patagonia,
Pinot Noir,
Red Wine,
Rio Negro
Region: Patagonia, Argentina
Appellation: Rio Negro Valley
Type/Style: Red wine
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Cincuenta y Cinco comes from three vineyards totaling 7 hectares, planted in 1955 which gently rest on a sea of pebbles, typical in riverbed soils. Soils are clay, sand, limestone and alluvial covered in calcerous matter. It is fermented with its whole bunches at very low temperatures, enhancing the floral characteristics of the wine. It is essential 50% whole cluster with the rest of the stems used to make the pied de cuve. Cincuenta y Cinco has the most tension of all of Piero's wines. It is aged in a combination of neutral oak barrels and 4000 liter cement vats. (60/40; cement/old oak).