2020 Domaine Donatsch Pinot Noir 'Unique,' Graubünden

The Donatsch family runs a wine-growing estate in the Bündner Herrschaft (Grisons) - one of the leading Swiss wine regions - the wines of which belong to the best in Switzerland. Thomas Donatsch, who is recognised as a pioneer of Swiss wines, started to raise the quality of his wines to an international standard early in his life. Inspired by Burgundy, he had already planted Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc in 1975, which, from a legal point of view, was not allowed at that time. In Switzerland he was the first to press a sparkling wine according to the Champagne method. Further, when it comes to pressing methods, Thomas was the first in Switzerland to experiment with French barrels. In 1973 the late André Noblet, the fellow winemaker from the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti gave his friend, Thomas, three used La Tâche barrels, in which the first Pinot Noir Passion was cultivated according to the classical Burgundy method. To achieve all of these innovations it took courage, as well as oenologic