Tasting Notes
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Very intense and precise pinot noir here with violet-like florals, sappy fresh forest aromas, musk, raspberry and spice – very taut and youthful, the oak is tucked in deep. The palate has superb richness and intensity, really ripples with red fruit flavour and finely layered tannins – the structure is impeccable, really reminiscent of the Burgundian repertoire of power with elegance. Long cherry fruit flavour and a lively cherry pip finish.
Viticulture
A specific area of vines on The Nepean Block was selected for this wine. Historically we have found this area has produced some amazing flavour profiles. We started the growing year with a light fertilizing and the natural rainfall was adequate. The vines had been cane pruned to 18 buds and trained to an open VSP canopy. Only light watering was applied during the growing season, just enough to keep the canopy in balance. A light summer pruning maintained the open canopy and bunch counts were restricted to one bunch per shoot. The grapes were hand picked relatively early on 4th March for immediate attention at the winery.
Vinification
The grapes were destemmed and transferred to openfermenters without crushing & allowed to commence fermentation naturally with indigenous yeasts. It received light hand-plungings during its 9-day maceration & was pressed to tank. It was racked off heavy lees after 48 hours settling to a selection on one & two year old French barriques for maturation over 11 months.
Following racking to tank it was left to settle for a further 3 months before having a single light filtration prior to bottling.
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