Colectivo Mutante Mutante PX Number 1 2021
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Robert
Parker
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Fresh apricot, banana, pineapple, honeydew melon, and white flowers jump out on the nose. The bright acidity and medium body lead to notes of red apple skins, tangerines, and canned peaches with hints of chamomile, coriander, cucumber, and mint.
Delicious by itself or with anything slightly spicy.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 PX#1 was produced in a clean and fruit-driven style from Pedro Ximénez grapes from Limarí on limestone soils. It's juicy, with the chalky austerity in the mouthfeel, and has a long, clean and dry finish.
Rating: 90+
The grape with the coolest name and some of the greatest fame in the wine-growing world, Pedro Ximénez is responsible for a handful of radically different wine styles. A white variety grown in Andalucia, Spain, it is primarily used in the production of sweet, late harvest Sherry as well as for crisp, dry whites. Somm Secret—It is also grown in New South Wales, Australia to produce the rich and golden McWilliam’s Pedro Sauterne and in Chile for Pisco production as well as a lovely varietal dry white from the Elqui Valley.
Part of the Coquimbo region and a key location for pisco production, the Limari Valley is one of the northern most wine producing regions of Chile. The other two, also part of Coquimbo, are the Elqui and less-developed Choapa Valleys. While more vineyard area is dedicated to pisco production (via the grapes of Muscat of Alexandria, Pedro Jimenez, Moscatel de Asturia and Torontel), the acreage under vine for still wine production has increased. The intense sunlight in the Limari Valley, coupled with little rainfall as well as the cooling effect of the Humboldt Current from the Pacifc Ocean, all make the area ideal for cool climate grapes like Chardonnay and Pinot noir.