2022 Reserve Pinot Noir
STYLE
A complex and structural Pinot Noir with lifted sweet spice which open up to layers of sour cherry, herbal notes and dense plum.
sweet spice • violet• black plum
ACCOLADES
92 points I 2024 Halliday Wine Companion
| WINEMAKER | Kate Laurie |
| RELEASE DATE | April 2023 |
| BARRELS PRODUCED | 10 |
| CELLAR | Five to ten years |
| ALCOHOL | 13% |
| OAK | 25% new, all French - 10 months |
| REGION | Adelaide Hills |
| RESIDUAL SUGAR | 0.4g/L |
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Alcohol %
13
James Halliday
93
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
A text-book vintage with cool and dry conditions which allowed us to keep fruit on the vines for longer to give greater complexity and flavour.
This wine is produced from 16 year old Estate fruit, grown on a warmer western slope at 350m altitude. The rows run East West, preventing sunburn from late afternoon sun. We have been restoring organic matter to build up the top soil as it is very shallow. The top soil lies over layers of acidic clay and broken shale.
Winemaker Notes
Five Pinot clones (predominantly MV6), hand picked into small baskets followed by cold soak pre-ferment to enhance the extraction of colour and aromatics. After fermentation the skins are pressed out using our traditional basket press and then the wine aged in French oak barriques for 10 months (25% new oak). After this period, we blend our finest parcels and hand bottle on-site.
Food Pairing Notes
Duck, roasted mushrooms
Other Notes
"A medicinal, mid-weighted pinot marked by smudgy dark fruit and a bone of tannic astringency, typical of the Hills. Fecund strawberry, rhubarb and chinotto. The tannins are spindly and firm, while the fruit weight is ample, concentrated and rather sweet. Shins and elbows. Time will benefit this." - Ned Goodwin, Halliday Wine Companion, April 2023
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