Chacra Cincuenta y Cinco Patagonia Pinot Noir 2012... A delightful surprise...

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Sometimes, the reasons for my choice of wine can be pretty shallow...or deeply subconcsious... 

Here is a wine that I selected solely based on its label.  Its name, Chacra, made me think of the sanskrit word "charkra" which means "center of energy".  As I was also concentrated on buying other wines for later posts (on malbec & again on Torrontés), I did not pay more attention to the label until I pulled the cork 10 minutes ago...  It turns out that this "Chacra", which apparently means "farm" in the local language, was made biodynamically by an Italian, Piero Incisa Della Rocchetta, grandson of the fabled creator of the Italian Icon Sassicaia...

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DR HEGER – WORLD CLASS PINOT NOIR - My Report in Spirito Di Vino Asia...

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Reproduced from Spirito di Vino Asia, Year 3, Issue #13...

Few wine lovers would deny that Germany is the source of some of the best (if not the best) Rieslings in the world.  Could it be possible that is also makes some of the most beautiful Pinot Noirs as well?

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Berries on Pinot Gris Bunches Mutating into Pinot Blanc!

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Fascinating pictures below showing some berries from the normally dark colored Pinot Gris bunches mutating into Pinot Blanc berries... According to my friend Wolf from Kaiserstuhl who sent me those photos, this proves the close relationship of these 2 grape varieties....

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Sad News... Bernhard Huber "Godfather of German Pinot" passed...

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Ever since I visited Kaiserstuhl 3 years ago to taste some German Pinot Noir, I have been in love w/ the region. 

I remember meeting Mr. Huber early last fall @ a wine festival in his home village of Malterdingen in South-West German region of Baden. I was told he had a cancer & most likely he would not be there to see us...

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Escursione in Valle D'Aosta Per Incontrare Elio Ottin

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Ieri, escursione in Valle D'Aosta per incontrare Elio Ottin, piccolo produttore (Ettari vitati 4.00) e bella realta' Valdostana. Nel 2007 decidendo di smettere il conferimento delle uve alla cooperativa locale inizia la sua avventura.

Attualmente la sua produzione di Petit Arvine, Pinot noir, Torrette Superieur e Fumin ha raggiunto una continuita' qualitativa eccellente. Insieme abbiamo degustato i 3 rossi annata 2012 che vi ripropongo nella sequenza da lui seguita:

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