Luis Gutierrez, November 2022
DOMAINE NICO
Le Paradis 2020
- 96 points -
The nose of the 2020 Le Paradis Pinot Noir shows tons of orange peel and flowers, denoting freshness and good ripeness with 13.5% alcohol. It's a very good and impressive performance of a warm year in a cold place at 1,500 meters above sea level. The plot was planted with Dijon clones on sandy shallow soils and then pure limestone. The grapes fermented with 80% full clusters and had short macerations, and the wine matured in used 500-liter barrels that were used before for the White Bones and White Stones from Catena. It's varietal, showy and a bit spicy with a very solid and seamless palate. It finishes with a strong chalky sensation. 1,728 bottles were filled in December 2021.
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