2021 Home Block Pinot Noir

$45.00

Additional information

Vineyard

Home Block

Vintage

2021

TASTING NOTES

2021 was an idyllic season for our cool-climate Pinot Noir. Ripe red cherries and wild strawberries are prominent on the nose and palate, with a trailing subtle forest floor finish. Delicate tannin and long finish.

WINEMAKING

100% handpicked on 16 March 2021. Matured in seasoned French oak barriques & hogs heads (20% new). Made with 20% whole bunches and 5% Carbonic maceration. Hand bottled by gravity, without fining or filtration on 2nd February 2021. 189 dozen produced.

Home Block

Home Block Vineyard, Pinot Noir block. Situated at 230m above sea level, the Pinot Noir was planted in the early 1980’s on an undulating, east facing slope on friable grey loam soils. Completely unirrigated and hand nurtured. Surrounded by National Park.

Alcohol

12.0%

Additional Notes

pH

3.45%

Titratable Acidity

5.5%
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