Villard Expresión Reserve Pinot Noir 2017

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

This Pinot Noir by Vil­lard Fine Wines is a beau­ti­ful ruby red and has a very invit­ing aro­ma of red fruits, rasp­ber­ries, cher­ry, and a hint of vanil­la. On the palate, it tastes strong­ly of red and black fruits with a juicy, pleas­ant­ly round­ed fin­ish. Wine con­nois­seurs note that you catch a touch of spice after the first few sips.

PAIR­INGS

Pinot Noirs are ver­sa­tile wines. Fruiti­er ver­sions like Villard’s Expre­sión Reserve match well with salmon and oth­er known fat­ty fish, roast poul­try, and pas­ta dish­es. A touch of spice nev­er goes amiss — espe­cial­ly in a bar­be­cue. This will also pair beau­ti­ful­ly with dish­es laced with cher­ry or fig. If you’re serv­ing cheese, you’ll enjoy this wine with nut­ty or washed-rind cheeses. Manchego, Gou­da, Saint Andre, or an Époiss­es AOC by Fro­magerie Beill­e­vaire will do the trick!

A FAM­I­LY FIRST

Vil­lard Fine Wines was estab­lished in 1989 by Chilean vint­ner Thier­ry Vil­lard. Theirs is one of the first pre­mi­um bou­tique winer­ies in the coun­try. They ben­e­fit from a com­bi­na­tion of excel­lent ter­roir in the Casablan­ca Val­ley — where the Hum­boldt Cur­rent pro­duces a cool­ing effect through­out the ear­ly morn­ing — and inno­v­a­tive wine­mak­ing tech­niques tak­en from the region and from France and the rest of Europe.

Storage Instructions

Store unopened red wines in a cool, dry, and dark place safe from con­stant vibra­tion. Keep your bot­tle hor­i­zon­tal in a wine rack or cel­lar to retain the moist­ness of the cork. The ide­al tem­per­a­ture for stor­age is between 16 to 18°C. Once opened, a bot­tle will be good for 3 to 5 days stand­ing upright in the refrigerator.