Explorer 2022 Pinot Noir

Explorer 2022 Pinot Noir

Wonderfully ripe and beautifully lifted, the bouquet shows fresh dried herb, spicy black and redcurrant aromatics lead way to a focussed elegant driven palate. There is plenty of fruit weight enclosed in a textural strong driven palate. This wine gives good strength, freshness and poise.
Cellaring Recommendations: 3-5 years At its best: now to 2028. Certified organic.

 

$35.00

Behind the bottle

Explorer 2022 Pinot Noir

The grapes that go into our Explorer wine primarily come from the top terrace Moon Block (altitude 295m), 100% estate grown, certified organic and handpicked on the 3rd – 16th April. Stylistically, we are trying to place our more youthful vines into this wine as they tend to have a natural fruit driven exuberance which we wish to retain. Clonal mix = Clone 6 18%, 777 42%, 113 1%, 667 7% and 115 32%.

A typical ferment was 7-10 days cold soak at 6-10c, 7-10 days fermentation at 16-33c, 7-10 days post maceration at 22-30c. All ambient yeasts in 7 different ferments, hand plunged 2 times a day, 7% of the fruit was whole bunch to bring out lifted fruit aromatics and the remainder destemmed, not crushed. 100% of the wine went into our cuve and barrels for 8 months.
Tasting Notes: Freh dried herb, spicy black and redcurrant aromatics lead way to a focussed elegant driven palate showing plenty of fruit weight enclosed in a textural strong driven palate. This wine gives good strength, freshness and poise.
Cellaring Recommendations: 3-5 years

Certified organic and vegan

PH: 3.53
TA: 6.0g/l

 

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