Wine Note

100% Matariki Gimblett Gravels Hawkes bay Pinot Noir 
A complex bouquet of ripe cherries, and  earthy notes. A rich well balanced Pinot Noir with lovely sweet fruit intermingled with savoury and herbal characters. Subtle well-handled French oak adds some cedar notes. The tannins are silky smooth and give length to the palate. The wine completed malolactic fermentation in barrel and was then racked off lees and aged in barrique for 11 months. Ideal with roast chicken and rosemary potatoes.

Fruit

100% Pinot Noir

Alcohol Content

14%

Soils

100% Gimblett Gravels

Management

Both clones were hand picked gently destemmed and crushed to tank, to this we added 5% whole bunches.

Harvest

After a warm dry February the Pinot Noir from these specific blocks was harvested in early March 2002. The berries and bunches were tight and small and clean.

Vinification

We cooled the fruit down to 10 degrees for one week before warming the tank and innoculating with a selected yeast. After ferment we basket pressed and put the wine directly into French barriques. The wine completed malo in barrel and was racked off after 11 months.

Composition

Matariki Gimblett Gravels Hawke's Bay Pinot Noir

Barrel Percentage

73% New French Oak 
27% Seasoned French Oak

Bottling

This wine was bottled on the 21st August 2003

Sensory

Deep cherry red colour. A bouquet of rich,ripe cherries, earth and savoury characters. 
Lovely sweet fruit, intermingled with herbal and the silky tannins give a long, lingering finish

Cellaring

3-7 years