Senior Editor Zekun Shuai chats with Marcelo Papa, the winemaker and technical director of Chilean vineyard Concha y Toro, in regards to the 2020 and 2021 vintages.
“We all know 2020 was a troublesome classic for you guys. It was actually sizzling and I feel pinot noir and chardonnay suffered quite a bit,” Zekun says. “The standard of pinot is basically not that constant.”
“It’s true that 2020 was a hotter yr,” Marcelo responds. “However in case you see the numbers by way of temperatures, the 2020 was … a cool yr for Limari [where Concha y Toro grows pinot noir and chardonnay] in case you take the typical quantity within the final 20 or 30 years. Why? As a result of we’re underneath the impact of La Niña, which signifies that the temperature of the water on the floor of the Pacific Ocean is cooler,” he says. “So in case you see the numbers by way of temperatures … the one yr that we might contemplate a heat yr is 2017.
Marcelo additionally talks in regards to the impact that rain and humidity had on 2021’s cabernet sauvignons.
Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Valle de Maipo Gravas del Maipo 2020
Concha y Toro Chardonnay Valle de Limarí Marques de Casa Concha 2020
Concha y Toro Chardonnay Valle de Limarí Quebrada Seca Winery Amelia 2020
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