Te Kano Pinot Noir 2019

A deep and brooding Pinot Noir with aromas of black cherry and plum, baking spice and tobacco. Black cherry, cocoa and orange peel follow through on the palate with spicy oak nuances and a distinctive dried herb bouquet.

A combination of our Central Otago subregions. Northburn shows fine boned acidity, pure fresh fruit flavours and a crystalline minerality derived from Schist based soils, while Bannockburn gives riper black fruit notes, structured tannins and mid palate weight.

Vineyard parcels were individually hand harvested and destemmed to open top fermenters. Gentle hand plunging over a period of 14 - 22 days and a small percentage of whole bunches in the ferment aided the extraction of fine, delicate tannins prior to maturation in french oak barrels for 13 months. Around 24% new oak was used.