Once more a Pinot from Spain! This time from the mainland! More precise: from Penedès region in Catalonia. Actually a region of Spain were Pinot Noir isn’t that exotic, but pretty established for quite a while! Once more thanks to our friends from the Order of Cistercians! The producer is a luxurious boutique hotel –spa –restaurant – winery called Can Bonastre in the up-country area of Barcelona and rather close to the Montserrat Mountains. The winery itself isn’t that big. Besides the Pinot they produce a mildly barrel fermented Chardonnay and a pretty dense Syrah + Cabernet Sauvignon blend. The grapes for today’s Pinot were cultivated on Santa Magdalena Vineyard (clay loam soil). The maceration took 47 days (!) in stainless steel tanks and the barrel-ageing just 4 months (!) in American and French oak.
The colour
was rather typical for a Pinot-Spaniard: dark purple, murky and opaque. The nose
presented scents of amarena cherries, mint, hints of cassis, some ethereal
traces and rather strong, for Pinot Noir, scents of chocolate-hazelnut flavoured
spread or more precisely: Nutella! Besides these specific impressions I sensed a
rather fine and elegant seeming Pinot undertone. Maybe a bit more rustic
and dark, but definitely: typical Pinot! Its taste had plenty of dark cherries,
some brown’ish and maybe a bit mash’y fruits (okay, but not too delightful), mint’ish freshness, tartness from
certain dark and earthy features and plenty of palate vitalising as well as
drinkability stimulating acid. Not so many chocolaty
or nutty flavours. Besides all that ... and probably more ... I never got a feeling of
too much alcohol or displeasing jam’s sweetness (very dry and a bit austere
style). Atmospherically a gloomy elegant and in touch with nature Pinot! Whatever
that means ;-) The concentration seemed very decent and adequate. The
complexity of flavours and mineral features (and whatsoever) yet again decent! Not
overwhelming, but decent! Fine stuff for an acceptable amount of dough!
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