Pinot Noir - Gantenbein - 2016

75 cl

Robert Parker: 96 points

Alcohol content: 13% vol.

Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Noir

Tasting note:

The 2016 Pinot Noir comes from a cool vintage and is enormously pure, delicate and fresh on the pebbly and stony, almost peppery nose, which is more on the red berry side. Silky and fresh, but also with taut, refreshingly savoury and cleansing tannins, this is a dry and purist Pinot that tastes almost like a white wine but has the sweet charm of Pinot. With more time in the glass, this Pinot also tastes almost like a traditional Barolo, with salty, chalky notes. Tasted at the winery in March 2022

Gantenbein Winery:

On the edge of the wine village of Fläsch in the Grisons Rhine Valley stands a striking ensemble in the vineyards: the Gantenbein winery. Martha and Daniel Gantenbein have been making wine here since 1982. They knew that the vine was the decisive factor. So they planted Burgundy clones in their vineyards. They learnt: The grape must not lose anything on its way from the vine to the bottle. So they organised the business accordingly: Grapes and juice flow according to gravity, without pumping or filtering.

Five hectares - and thus the majority - belong to Pinot Noir. One hectare belongs to Chardonnay. And finally, Riesling is grown on twenty hectares.