Te Whare Ra Single Vineyard 5182 PInot Noir 2017
Description
This wine is a special selection of the best parcels from the eight different clones currently producing on our home vineyard. Year after year as the vines mature, we are seeing an increasing depth and complexity in the wines and we have chosen to showcase that with our SV Pinot Noir.
This is our fifth release of a Pinot Noir under our SV5182 designation. We feel that this release showcases the best expression of our site here at Te Whare Ra, and the stellar quality of the 2017 vintage for Pinot Noir in Marlborough.
Our home vineyard is clay loam soils, 20yr old vines
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Alcohol
13.5%
Analytical data
dry
Vineyard
All winemakers are a bit obsessed with Pinot Noir because it is challenging to grow and to make and very unforgiving of mistakes. We love the flavour spectrum of Pinot Noir from our TWR home block - red fruits to black and from complex, savoury notes to spice and back again. Our site has an ability to give us great fragrance, vibrant fruit and ripe, supple, silky tannins with great structure and length. This wine is a special selection of the best parcels from the eight different clones currently producing on our home vineyard. Year after year as the vines mature, we are seeing an increasing depth and complexity in the wines and we have chosen to showcase that with our SV Pinot Noir.
This is our fourth release of a Pinot Noir under our SV5182 designation. We feel that this release showcases the best expression of our site here at Te Whare Ra, and the stellar quality of the 2016 vintage for Pinot Noir in Marlborough.
Vinification
All fruit for this wine was hand-picked and hand-sorted, then destemmed and berry sorted to ensure that only pristine, perfect Pinot berries make it into the fermenters. Gently transferred to small 1t open fermenters, hand plunged twice daily, Cold soak for 5-7 days, 5-7 day ferment, 10-14 days post ferment maceration. Pressed off on taste then filled to oak after 24hrs.
Maturation
Pressed off on taste then filled to oak after 24hrs. In oak for 11 months – all French oak, various different coopers, 33% new, balance in older oak.