Bodegas Hispano+Suizas Bassus’ Pinot Noir – 2021

Organic
Pinot noir
97 points, Guía Sevi
95 points, Guía Akata-Civas
94 points, Vivir el Vino

Bodegas Hispano+Suizas is a project led by three friends and wine professionals: Pablo Ossorio and Rafa Navarro, from Spain, and Marc Grin, from Switzerland. Located in Utiel-Requena, the warmest of Valencia’s wine regions, with a climate similar, in some ways, to Napa or Willamette; warm days but excellent nighttime cooling. As a further protection, the trio behind the wine harvest in the mornings and macerate the wine in oak barrels, the heads of which have been replaced with stainless steel cooling plates.

The result is cherry red with hues of violet in the glass; ripe cherry, black currant, and licorice (with a dash of French oak) in the nose; and a full, velvety palate, fruity with toffee undertones. Multi 90+ point scores.