Description
Aroma - Ripe dark and red cherry, brambly fruits, spice and leather, with a hint of smoky oak.
Palate - A full-bodied wine with round, mouth-filling flavours of plum, brambly fruit, dark cherry and a hint of savoury herbs. The oak integrates nicely with the fruit and the silky and linear tannin structure.
Awards
90 pts The Real Review
4 stars Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide
92 pts James Suckling
Certifications
Alcohol
13.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard
Climate: The growing season was warmer than usual and made tricky by two heavy rain events followed by extended moist conditions that necessitated a rushed harvest. Because of the low cropping levels, the grapes were ripe and ready to harvest before the rain had caused any deterioration in fruit quality, leading to typical flavour and aromas in the wine. Soils: Free-draining silty loams from the undissected older terraces, some with limestone, and loess-based clay slopes. Harvest Date: Between 24th March and 17th April, 2017.
Vinification
WINEMAKING Hand-picked fruit was de-stemmed, crushed and cold soaked for five days then fermented at warm temperature with wild yeast in small open-top vats. Traditional submerging of the ‘cap’ by hand-plunging was followed by a light pressing.
Maturation
The pinot noir was aged in French oak barriques for 9 months.