Pinot Noir

Mint, clove, cardamom, pink peppercorn. Soft fine tannins to finish.

Dark cherry, raspberry, blackberry, plum, pomegranate, cranberry.

Barbequed mushrooms, roasted zucchini, and vegan feta or Herbed lamb sausages

The Fruit was sourced from Vineyards in South Australia: Riverland, Eden Valley and McLaren Vale. The climates from these vineyards are diverse and ranging from Eden Valley where it has a cool climate with temperatures dropping drastically at night with warm days to Continental in the Riverland, where there are long Sunny days with cooler nights resulting in low humidity which provides very little disease pressure. In McLaren Vale the climate is Mediterranean with warm summers and cooling effects from the ocean.

A very cool growing season led to significant delays in ripening for our Pinot Noir in all vineyards. We started picking in McLaren Vale and Riverland in mid-February, followed by the much cooler site of Eden valley, which was picked in late March. The parcels were picked, de-stemmed and then fermented separately for an average of two weeks. A cool and long fermentation enhanced the fresh fruit character of this wine. Malolactic Fermentation was completed, and bottled in June 2022. No sulphur dioxide was added at any stage.

A strong 2022 vintage from high-quality fruit and low to moderate yields with excellent natural acidity from an overall cool vintage with extended ripening periods for most varieties. Perhaps one of the longest vintages we have experienced, harvest continued for 11 weeks. We commenced picking Chardonnay on the 3rd of February in the Riverland, and concluded on the 25th April at Langhorne Creek with Shiraz.