Black Estate Damsteep Pinot Noir 2019

Deep Ruby hue. Fragrant aromas of wild raspberry, blackberry, sandalwood, vanilla and sea spray. Flavours of silken and bright wild forest fruits, graphite, dark coco powder and cola. Supple and elastic mid pallet tannins that are contained with bright and pure minerality. Typical white rock tension creates a long and vibrant finish. This is an unfined and unfiltered wine with small amounts of sediment. Please allow the bottle to stand and settle before pouring. Decanting will allow maximum expression of aroma and purity of fruit to emerge. Drink now to 2029

The Damsteep Vineyard is owned by the Black Estate family and located in the north east of Waipara Valley at the foot of the Omihi Saddle in North Canterbury. It is 4km north of their Netherwood vineyard and 8km north of their Home vineyard. This Pinot Noir is grown on a 5.5 hectare vineyard with 9 different parcels of various north-east, north, and north-west facing slopes, with an altitude between 140 to 180 meters above sea level. The vine here were planted in 2000 and grow on clay overlying fractured limestone and sandstone soils. Organic and biodynamic farming practices have been used since 2012. The Damsteep Vineyard has been fully certified organic with BioGro since March 2017.

Vineyard derived yeast, no fining or filtering, no new oak, no inputs except minimal sulphur at bottling.

Aged oak barriques.