Tasting notes
Beautiful candied strawberry and cranberry aromatics on the nose and palate with velvety acids and soft black tea tannins to follow. Subtle hints of mushroom and vanilla from the oak barrels. Confectionary and lifted strawberry evident of carbonic maceration as well as a slight stemminess defining of that style.
Serving temperature: 15°C
Cellaring: 2020 - 2027
Vineyard notes
Region: Moorabool Valley, Geelong
Vineyard: del Rios Mt Anakie Vineyard
Block(s): 1 and 2
Harvest date: 18 March 2018
Yield: 1.6 Tonnes/Acre
Soil type: Rich black self-mulching volcanic soil
Vine age: 20 years
Vine care: Hand-pruned and picked; Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP) and shoot thinning.
Production notes
The fruit was chilled and destemmed into small, open fermenter tanks. The fruit was divided into 6 different ferments and were kept smaller to control the cap thickness. It was gently hand plunged one to three times a day to regulate the cap temperature. After 4 weeks on skins the must was pressed to tank where it started malolactic fermentation. A small parcel of fruit was kept separate and went through carbonic maceration.
Varietal composition: 100% Pinot Noir
Acid: 6.3 g/L
PH: 3.54
Alcohol: 13.5%
Bottling date: 9 August2019
Fermentation: Destemmed and crushed into open tanks
Yeast type: 100% wild fermentation
MLF: 100%
Barrel type: 100% French oak barriques
Aging: 15 months in 25% new and 75% 1-5 year old oak.
Q. What is a rich Pinot Noir?
A. Pinot Noir is a thin-skinned, light- to medium-bodied black grape variety that is very fussy about where it’s grown. It is known for its floral, fruit, earth, and herb and spice tasting characteristics. Pinot Noir is pale to medium in color and is high in acidity with fine, soft tannins.
A rich Pinot Noir is one that has a dense and weighty mouthfeel more complexity and a mix of light and dark red fruit, and earthy characteristics.
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