Crafting fine wine is steeped in ritual. From finding the perfect site and soil, to tending each vine through the growing season, harvest and winemaking—the traditions and rituals of farming and small-batch winemaking are what bring out a wine’s best expression and sense of place.

Ritual Pinot Noir brings legendary Chilean vintner Agustin Huneeus together with American winemaker Paul Hobbs to produce a small bottling of a Pinot Noir from the renowned Casablanca Valley. Casablanca has become Chile’s top producing region for Pinot Noir.

Climate:
Located 21 miles from the Pacific Ocean, Casablanca Valley is Chile’s best terroir for Pinot Noir. The region’s coastal breezes, morning fog and well-drained loamy soils mirror California’s Russian River Valley, providing Pinot with its preferred growing conditions. A long, even growing season produces intensely concentrated wines with deep color.

Vineyards:
Ritual Pinot Noir is a meticulous selection of specific vineyard lots and barrel selections from 50 acres of Pinot Noir planted in the coolest sections of the 1000 acre Veramonte vineyard estate in Casablanca Valley. Dijon clones 115 and 777, planted at high density on selected rootstocks make up a large portion of the blend, which is complement with own-rooted older vines.