Vibrant and fresh raspberry, cherry and red fruits. Rich cherry and berry fruits, powdery tannins.
Pure fresh primary fruits dominate with underlying tannins and acidity providing great support for this excellent example of early release café style Pinot Noir.
Sourced from 3 vineyards. Derwent Estate, one in the Coal River Valley and another 35-year-old dry grown vineyard in the Hillwood area. All 3 vineyards are managed with VSP trellising.
Picked at a point where the primary fruits were bright and fresh. We harvested in small batches with a different fermentation management program for each. By no means was this wine treated any less than our most expensive wines. Whole bunch, de-stemmed, pressed early, pressed late…
Pinot Noir is about layers and we assist this by variation in our processes. All ferments were gently pressed into stainless steel tanks. After malolactic fermentation the wine underwent minimal filtration with a small amount of sulphur added prior to bottling.