Description
Casa Marin Icons is our ultra-premium premium line of fine wines. Considered among the best cool climate wines in the country and in the world with numerous international awards.
Casa Marin is an exclusive winery located in the town of Lo Abarca, only 4kms from the Pacific Ocean. This microclimate has an average temperature of 57ºF in the growing season, and an annual rainfall of 200mm during winter.
PINOT NOIR
LO ABARCA HILLS 2 0 1 2
This Pinot Noir is the Grand Cru of our portfolio. Lo Abarca Hills are the vineyards that surround the town of Lo Abarca. Here we have the best soils: limestone with marine deposits. The vines here have low yields of 3 to 4 tons per hectare and produce grapes that ripen very slowly which translates into a great concentration and good fresh acidity.
VINIFICACION
It is harvested by hand in 18kg bins when the grapes are at an optimum maturity. All clusters undergo a rigorous manual selection on our sorting table. They are destemmed and cold macerated for 4 days. Spontaneous fermentation takes places with three manual punch downs a day. Before finishing its fermentation the wine is moved to French oak barrels of which 20% is new oak and the rest is mainly second use. Lees steering for 3 months. The wine stays for a total of 16 months in the barrel. Wine is unfiltered and without acidity correction.
ALCOHOL RESIDUAL SUGAR PH TOTAL ACIDITY
14% 2,48g/l 3,54 5,18g/l
Serving temperature: 14°c
Ageing potential: Thanks to its low pH and high acidity, this wine has a great aging potential. You can drink it young or leave it age up to 20 years.
RATINGS
Wine Advocate 93+ pts
Decanter 93 pts
Tim Atkin 92 pts
La Cav 92 pts
