Back again in Gaúcha Land: Fausto de Pizzato Tannat 2007, Serra Gaúcha

Back again in South America. A region of the wine world I tend to neglect a bit. I definitely should drink more from there. This time I had a Tannat from the very south of Brazil. Maybe one of the most interessting wine countries in the coming decades. Today's Tannat was produced by the Pizzato family winery. A well established family in the local wine growing business. However, till 1998 they never produced and commercialized larger amounts of wine in their own name. Plinio Pizzato made one step forward and started the production of Merlot and Tannat based wines. Today, Pizzato is a medium large family winery with a fair reputation for classic style light wines without over extraction and high volumes of alcohol.

Rustic Madiran from the Southern Hemisphere: Pisano Tannat RPF 2007, Progreseo

Today I might got the incarnation of Uru wine for you people out there. It is Tannat from Bodegas Pisano. Maybe the internationally most famous winery from Uruguay with their most famous and prestigious wine: the Tannat Reserva Personal de la Familia 2007. Tannat, originally from Madiran region in the south-west of France, was brought to Uruguay by Basque immigrants in the late 1870s. These rather traditional routes and style is still noticeable in today’s wine.