Porfiado Pinot Noir 3er Corte 2009-2016 Tupungato Zorzal

The NV Porfiado 8 is a very unusual Pinot Noir from Juan Pablo Michelini, winemaker at Zorzal in Gualtallary. He started producing some vintage wines, but decided to do a non- vintage blend, and this first Porfiado 8 is the first of a collection that each year will have a different name and/or label, most likely a number that indicates the number of vintages in the blend, not always necessarily in order. This is a blend of eight vintages, half of it from 2015 and 2016 and the rest made up of different wines since 2009. It's somehow closed, more insinuating than in-your-face, with subtle aromas and a sleek, polished and elegant palate with citric acidity and fine minerality, extremely polished. The solera wine is kept in barrels until it's used for a blend to be bottled, and the remaining wine mixed with the newer one. 2,500 bottles and 100 magnums were filled in September 2016.