This Pinot Noir was aged in French oak barrels for 9 months. The wine is light and clean, with earthy wild strawberry and raspberry flavours, and a perfumed and elegant finish.
Lightly flavoured dishes, like salmon and tuna, mildly prepared beef, soft cheeses.
about the harvest: Very hot and dry vintage, resulting in an early start to the picking, with different varieties ripening at the same time. A tough vintage for the winery crews!
Picking date: 7-8 February 2010
Grape sugar: 24.1 - 24.8 balling
Acidity: 6.2 - 6.6 g/l
pH at harvest: 3.4 - 354
in the cellar : Yeasts: Natural occurring yeasts
Fermentation temp: 28°C
Method: De-stalked, hand sorting of berries, crushed, pumped into s/s tanks, pumped over for 5 days, left for 2 days before pressing, racked to barrel for malolactic fermentation.
Wood Maturation: 9 months in barrel. 10% new French oak, balance 3rd and 4th fill barrels.