Errazuriz Las Pizarras Pinot Noir 2024.
The 2024 Las Pizarras Pinot Noir opens with a distinctly herbal bouquet before morphing into the floral and oceanic register that typically defines this wine. After time in the glass, the fruit clarity takes over: red and blue fruits captured at perfect ripeness, rendered with striking purity and with visceral detail. The palate is silky and gently saturated, leading to an understated, chalky finish that showcases the delicate and focused nature the 2024 vintage tends to impart. As with the Las Pizarras Chardonnay and Syrah bottlings, this is my favorite iteration of the wine I've tasted to date, and it should drink beautifully well into its second decade.
"Viña Errázuriz was founded in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz in Panquehue, marking the start of a long line of influence, innovation and excellence that continues to this day. In fact, there is perhaps no better confluence of production volume and high quality in Chile, as the group counts among its holdings not only its eponymous brand but also Caliterra, Arboleda, Seña and Vindeo Chadwick, together totaling 850 hectares of vines spanning Aconcagua to Colchagua. The transition of technical directors from Francisco Baettig to Emily Faulconer is as high-level a handoff of the torch as one could want in contemporary Chilean viticulture, while winemaker Tomás Muñoz oversees production for the Reserva range, Aconcagua Costa and Don Maximiano bottlings.
Within the Errázuriz label itself, its trio of Las Pizarras bottlings is the centerpiece and continues to cement its place among Chile's finest representations of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah, each of which foregrounds delicacy and understatement while in no way lacking substance and depth. Further inland, the modernization of the Don Maximiano bottling continues its legacy as the country's longest-running high-end bottling, while the Villa Don Maximiano bottling has been rebranded as Villa, with refreshed packaging. The range's 2024 vintage includes a new bottling, the Enigma, an Aconcagua-wide red blend that collects the team's favoured lots from the vintage". - Matthew Luczy, The Wine Advocate, Apr 30, 2026.
The 2024 Las Pizarras Pinot Noir opens with a distinctly herbal bouquet before morphing into the floral and oceanic register that typically defines this wine. After time in the glass, the fruit clarity takes over: red and blue fruits captured at perfect ripeness, rendered with striking purity and with visceral detail. The palate is silky and gently saturated, leading to an understated, chalky finish that showcases the delicate and focused nature the 2024 vintage tends to impart. As with the Las Pizarras Chardonnay and Syrah bottlings, this is my favorite iteration of the wine I've tasted to date, and it should drink beautifully well into its second decade.
"Viña Errázuriz was founded in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz in Panquehue, marking the start of a long line of influence, innovation and excellence that continues to this day. In fact, there is perhaps no better confluence of production volume and high quality in Chile, as the group counts among its holdings not only its eponymous brand but also Caliterra, Arboleda, Seña and Vindeo Chadwick, together totaling 850 hectares of vines spanning Aconcagua to Colchagua. The transition of technical directors from Francisco Baettig to Emily Faulconer is as high-level a handoff of the torch as one could want in contemporary Chilean viticulture, while winemaker Tomás Muñoz oversees production for the Reserva range, Aconcagua Costa and Don Maximiano bottlings.
Within the Errázuriz label itself, its trio of Las Pizarras bottlings is the centerpiece and continues to cement its place among Chile's finest representations of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah, each of which foregrounds delicacy and understatement while in no way lacking substance and depth. Further inland, the modernization of the Don Maximiano bottling continues its legacy as the country's longest-running high-end bottling, while the Villa Don Maximiano bottling has been rebranded as Villa, with refreshed packaging. The range's 2024 vintage includes a new bottling, the Enigma, an Aconcagua-wide red blend that collects the team's favoured lots from the vintage". - Matthew Luczy, The Wine Advocate, Apr 30, 2026.