Escarpment, Te Rehua 2017

Grown on the Barton Vineyard, from vines 25 years old. A combination of deep alluvial gravels and a blend of many clones grown in a very sheltered spot always rewards us with a classic example of New World PN. Hand harvested fruit, open top fermented using indigenous yeasts in traditional wooden cuvees, hand plunged every 12 hours, vat time of 22 days. Matured in 40% new French oak barriques for 18 months. It was fined to protect the flavours and aid brightness. Bottled without filtration, It has a unique site derived complexity and texture combined with black cherry/plum fruit flavours

Escarpment TE REHUA Pinot Noir, by Tim Bourne winemaker