Whalehaven Cloudscape Reserve Pinot Noir 2022
R405.00
Description
The Pinot Noir offers enticing fruit aromas on the nose, including wild strawberry compote and ripe red raspberry. It possesses a nice weight on the mid-palate and a fresh, youthful finish. This wine is expected to develop well over time, showcasing a soft and elegant mid-palate, polished tannins, and moments of cherry cola, with hints of Shitake mushrooms and forest floor.
The Reserve Series is the ultimate barrel selection of Whalehaven that is an expression of the winemaker’s expertise in meticulously tasting and evaluating each barrel, to identify those that offer stand- out aromas, tastes, and mouthfeel, ensuring those barrels merit separation and elevation. Coopers used were Francois Freres and Tremeaux.
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Vintage
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Technical Info
VITICULTURE & VINIFICATION
The grapes were handpicked in the early morning 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 8°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 Rubino Extra yeast at 30g/hl. Once begun, fermentation took 11 days to complete before the wine was pressed and left to settle for two days. Thereafter the wine was inoculated with MLF bacteria and moved to barrel for Malo-Lactic fermentation. Once complete, the wine is then racked and sulphurated before returning to barrel for a further 9-10 months of maturation before being filtered and bottled.
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