Variety: 100% Pinot Noir harvested from the Estate vineyard

Viticulture: This is the seventh harvest of Pinot Noir from the estate vineyard. Grown on VSP trellis. Cool nights and warm days during the Autumn period saw a fantastic finish to the growing season. A low yielding crop and attentive pampering throughout the growing season saw a selection of 8 clones (5,667,777,115,114,Abel,375,and 6) of Pinot Noir from various sites and soils in the vineyard hand picked in fantastic condition.

Specifications: Alcohol: 13.5% PH:3.58 TA:5.9gms/l Residual Sugar: Dry Locality: Dakins Road

Winemaking: Hand picked and fermented in open top fermenters in the new winery. Temperature controlled fermentation with a variety of yeasts, both natural and cultured, combined with strategic hand plunging to optimize the fruit and tannin balance. Following extended post ferment maceration on skins the wine was drained and pressed to barrel and allowed to age and mature in 40% new French oak barrels for 14 months. Selective barrel blending followed by minimal fining and filtration and bottled in. June 2007.

Tasting Notes: An intense bouquet of smoky oak with cherries and plums. Ripe and juicy on the palate with a velvety texture, purity of red fruits, hints of plums and spice and a lovely earthy savoury richness. This wine displays the poetic characteristics of the fickle and gratifying variety Pinot Noir.