Pinot Noir 2020
Tasting Notes
Classically pale ruby in the glass. Intensely aromatic with notes of cherry, chocolate, vanilla and a touch of earthy mushroom and forest floor. On the palate it is dry, medium bodied and structured with young tannins and refreshing acidity with flavours of cherry and raspberry with a touch of anise. The finish is long and complex with a savory and drying note.
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APPELLATION
VQA Creek Shores
VINEYARD
100% Whitty Vineyard
GRAPE VARIETY
100% Pinot Noir
BRIX AT HARVEST
23.9
ALCOHOL CONTENT
13.5%
RESIDUAL SUGAR
3 grams/Litre
Compelling on its own, will also compliment simple roast chicken with mushrooms, grilled salmon or wild game. Drinking well on release but will develop further complexities with short to medium term aging.
WINEMAKING NOTES
Sourced from our own Whitty Vineyard in Creek Shores. After harvest in mid-to-late September, the grapes were crushed and destemmed before being transferred to open-top fermenters for approximately 30 days of alcoholic fermentation on the skins with regular pigeage to gently extract tannin and colour. Following fermentation the wine was pressed off the skins and transferred to 1st, 2nd and 3rd use French barriques for 8 months of ageing. Following this, the wine was blended and lightly fined and filtered before bottling in September 2021.
Sara d'Amato, WineAlign
Whitty Vineyard in Creek Shores, planted to a diversity of clones of both pinot noir and gamay, is the source of the fruit for this elegant and well-balanced pinot noir. Highly flavourful with fruit triumphing over oak on the palate. Notes of laurel, cherry, and sweet raspberry along with mineral and delicate spice. Medium-bodied with a pleasant viscosity balanced by simmering acidity. Drinking very well now. Tasted February 2023.
