2021 Cortes de Cima, Chamine Tinto, Alentejo, Portugal Sylvain Pataille 34% pinot noir

34% pinot noir

no attempt to showboat or to flaunt an image of power

Full manual harvest in small boxes

Matured for 23 months in oak where it undergoes the malolactic fermentation

2021 Cortes de Cima, Chamine Tinto, Alentejo, Portugal Sylvain Pataille 34% pinot noirThere is a new shining star in Alentejo and that is Cortes de Cima and its new incarnation! In 2019, the dynamic Anna Jorgensen took over the winery from her parents (Carrie and Hans) and began a dramatic overhaul of the estate and the wines. Environmental sustainability and low intervention, terroir driven wines are now her primary focus. This has meant moving the viticultural practices over to ecological and regenerative agriculture practices. She