Las Pizzaras Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, wild mushroom risotto, seared salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
Errazuriz Las Pizarras Pinot Noir represents a groundbreaking milestone in Chilean viticulture, born from a quest to produce a world-class, cool-climate Pinot Noir. Located in the Aconcagua Costa appellation, just 12 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, the vineyard is defined by its unique metamorphic slate soils—locally known as 'pizarras'—which are exceedingly rare in Chile. This exceptional terroir, combined with the cooling maritime breezes and morning mists, imparts a distinct mineral tension and elegant structure to the wine. Hand-harvested and fermented with a portion of whole clusters to enhance aromatic complexity, the wine is aged in French oak barrels for upwards of 12 to 14 months. The result is a profound, terroir-driven expression that challenges the traditional boundaries of South American Pinot Noir, offering intense red fruit notes, floral undertones, and a signature flinty minerality.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz, Viña Errázuriz stands as one of Chile's most prestigious and historic wine estates, situated in the premier terroir of the Aconcagua Valley. Under the visionary stewardship of Eduardo Chadwick, the family-owned winery played a transformative role in demonstrating Chile's world-class winemaking pedigree to the international community, epitomized by the historic 2004 Berlin Tasting. Combining state-of-the-art sustainable viticulture with a deep reverence for the valley's distinct Andean and coastal microclimates, the estate is dedicated to crafting wines of exceptional elegance, structure, and aging potential. Errázuriz is renowned globally for its flagship icon cuvées, including Don Maximiano Founder's Reserve, Kai Carmenère, and La Cumbre Syrah, alongside its expressive Max Reserva line.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13% - 13.5%