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Region: New Zealand, Marlborough
Grape variety: Pinot Noir
Winemaking process: The handpicked fruit was predominately de-stemmed without crushing into small open top fermentation tanks. Around 30% whole clusters were included in the Benmorven clone 777 fermentation whilst the Slopes Abel clone was a pure 100% whole cluster ferment. The grapes were cold soaked for around seven days, before the onset of a rapid, warm fermentation. The ferments were hand plunged up to five times each day to keep the skins in intimate contact with the fermenting juice, then left to macerate for an additional week post fermentation. The young wines were drained and pressed before being aged in French oak puncheons for 11 months, with malolactic fermentation occurring naturally as the weather warmed in early spring. The wines are bottled with a minimum of intervention; not fined or filtered.
Awards
New Zealand International Wine Show 2023 - Silver
Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 - Bronze - Vintage 2021
The International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) 2023 - Silver - Vintage 2021
The Global Pinot Noir Masters 2023 - Silver - Vintage 2019 - "First greets you with appealing tomato leaf and toast aromatics. The palate has lots of tomato fruit too. Quite light, but with some fine firm tannin. There is no overt oak, keeping it fresh and lingering, if a touch stemmy, fresh and lingering. A good, layered example, but would expect a bit more fruit weight and sweetness".
IWSC 2015 - Outstanding Gold
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