2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Pinot Noir

VINEYARDS & TERROIR
The grapes come from seven year old PN115 and PN113 clone vines on north facing slopes. The vines experience, on average, 750mm of rain each year with southeasterly winds in the spring and summer and northwesterly winds in the autumn and winter. The soil is composed of a coarse gravel loam of decomposed granite and sedimentary gravel mix which overlays a saprophytic clay of weathered granite, whilst the top soil is a coarse loam with a medium gravel. Along with natural rainfall, the vines are supplemented with under vine micro jet irrigation every second row.

VINIFICATION
The grapes were handpicked in the early morning on 28th January 2016 into 18kg lug boxes at a Balling of 23°. Once picked, the grapes were placed in cold storage for overnight cooling at a temperature of 4°C. The following day, the grape bunches were hand sorted before being de-stemmed and then placed on a vibrating sorting table for berry sorting to ensure only the highest quality. Thereafter, the tank’s cooling system is switched off, allowing for the grapes to warm up naturally before being inoculated with Brioso yeast at 30g/hl. Once begun, fermentation took 11 days to complete before the wine was pressed and left to settle for two days. Thereafte,r the wine was inoculated with MLF bacteria and moved to barrel for Malo-Lactic fermentation. Once complete, the wine is then racked and sulphered before returning to barrel for a further 9-10 months of maturation before being filtered and bottled.

ANALYSIS
pH 3.51
Total acidity 5.3g/l
Residual sugar 2.7g/l
Alcohol 14.03%