Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
An expressive and elegant Pinot Noir with dark red fruit notes including cherries and red currants, with hints of earthy nuances. This medium-bodied wine has soft tannins with lingering fruit on the palate. It finishes with a fresh acididty.
Vineyard Notes
100% Estate grown grapes from Dry Creek Vineyard block
Clone 115 & 667
Production Notes
100% Pinot Noir
Winemaker Notes
Select estate vineyard rows featuring Pinot Noir clones 115 and 667 were cropped to lower yields to grow concentrated fruit. The grapes were destemmed and crushed and cold soaked for 2 days for fruit and colour extraction. A Burgundy yeast strain was selected for fermentation, along with a combination of daily punchdowns and pumpovers during fermetation for the extraction of flavour and colour. 3 days of post maceration on skins before light pressing and barreling. The wine matured for 9 months in 225L French oak barrels from carefully selected, family-owned coopers. 17% of the oak barrels were new, and the remainder were neutral oak barrels to preserve the red fruit flavour.
Food Pairing Notes
This Pinot Noir pairs beautifully with game birds, Peking duck, an exotic mushroom risotto, or truffle infused pasta.
