Tabali Talinay Pai, Pinot Noir 2018
Appellation:Limari Valley
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Code TBL18R5B
Style
Elegant & Silky Reds
Pai Pinot Noir comes from the Talinay vineyard and was produced with grapes from two massal selections from Vosne-Roman?e and Gevrey-Chambertin. They were planted ungrafted and with a very high density of 12,500 plants per hectare on a steep slope (30%) inside the Talinay estate vineyard. It`s a unique 1.15 hectares of vines that were planted in 2012, and the first commercial wine was produced in 2018. This site has some of highest concentration of calcium carbonate (limestone) in the Talinay vineyard. It?s fermented with 40% whole bunch, with native yeasts and then matured in used French oak barrels for 12 months.
The nose is attractive with brooding cherry fruit, floral lift and an underlying stoney minerality. The palate is taught with delicious red berry fruits, layered upon precise minerality and freshness. It?s a very long and clean wine with extremely fine, chalky tannins.
Awarded 96 points by Robert Parker