2021
batch 4C
Pinot Noir
Tasting Notes
Aromas of strawberries with mint, bing cherry, toasted oak, marmalade, orange peel, prune jam and dried tarragon. On the palate, stewed ripe cherries and currant, lavender, rosemary hedge, dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean.
Winemaking
An extended pre-fermentation cold soak trial of maintaining 4°C for 10 days. A blend of Blocks 3 and 4, 2 of our higher elevation blocks. 100% indigenous yeast and spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Aged in 17% new, 50% 1-year old and neutral French oak barrels for 11 months in our wine caves.
Technical Data
pH: 3.86
Alcohol: 13.8%
Acidity: 5.29 g/L
Sugar: 2.5 g/L
Appellation: Lake Country
Cellaring: Now through 2030
