2008 864 Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Stylistically different from the standard Oakridge Pinot Noir, the intention was to produce a wine with true vineyard character - textural and complex rather than outright fruit characters. This is a single vineyard wine sourced from the Hickory Downs Vineyard, near Diamond Creek. At an altitude of 180 meters, it is sited on remnants of an old alluvial bed, which naturally produces small crops (3.9t/Ha).
This wine was made by gently de-stemming and fermenting 100% whole berries without the aid of added yeast, pumping, plunging or cooling. The fermentation lasted for 15 days, before pressing, settling and racking to 500 litre French oak barrels. Malolactic conversion occurred naturally in barrel and the wine remained on the malo-lees for ten months prior to bottling.
Appearance: Dark ruby red with purple tints.
Nose: Rich dark ripe fruit – black cherry and plum, then raspberry lift and savoury, earthy notes.
Palate: The palate is concentrated and dense, laced with black cherry, framboise, forest floor and earth. It is a structured, layered wine with a fine tannin backbone and tremendous length and depth.
Oak treatment: 10 months on lees in 500 litre French oak puncheons.
Alcohol content: 13.5% Alc/vol.
Cellaring: Will develop further complexity over the next three to five years.
Production: 560 six bottle cases produced.
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$360.00
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