Viticulture
Sub-region: Red Hill.
- Site: 0.5 Acres. Northerly aspect.
- Clones: Best’s Vineyard
- Soil: Heavy dark brown clay over basalt
- Elevation: 240m
- Trellising: Modified Scott-Henry
- Pruning: Spur
- Cropping: 1tonne/Acre
- Farming: Conventional
2019 Pinot Meunier
$75.00
Picked 28th March & 1st of April 2019
Poached strawberries and rosehip tea. A powerful expression of Meunier, which seemed to have thrived in the warm conditions. Concentrated flavour and colour suggests this is a rare cellaring year for the variety.
| Name | Range | Discount |
| 5 dollar discount after 12 bottles | 12 - 99 | $4.55 |
Winemaking
Alc 14.2%, pH. 3.37, T.A. 6.5g/L – Picked 28th March & 1st of April 2019
- 100% Destemmed, berries kept whole.
- Fermentation in 500kg open top fermenter.
- 3-4 days ambient soak, with daily pump-overs, before native yeast fermentation.
- Hand plunged 3 times per day during primary ferment.
- Basket pressed after 21 days skin contact
- 18 months elevage in 2nd use barrel.
- Cooper Sirugue.
- Racked off lees at 12months and returned to barrel
- Sulfered post MLF. No finings or filtering used.
Tasting Notes
Alc 14.2%, pH. 3.37, T.A. 6.5g/L – Picked 28th March & 1st of April 2019
Poached strawberries and rosehip tea. A powerful expression of Meunier, which seemed to have thrived in the warm conditions. Concentrated flavour and colour suggests this is a rare cellaring year for the variety.