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2006 Pinot Noir
| Variety: |
Pinot Noir 100% |
| Region: |
Martinborough, NZ |
| Style: |
Dry |
| Vintage: |
The 2006 vintage was a good return to “normalcy”. With better yields, good wines with balance and flavour have evolved. |
| Vineyard: |
One vineyard only. |
| Production: |
Hand picked fruit was delivered to the winery for processing. On arrival the fruit was immediately crushed and de-stemmed to vat with pectic enzymes added to aid juice extraction and clarification.
A selected yeast culture was used to ferment each must. Ferment temperature range 8°C to 33°C to ensure maximum extraction of colour, aroma and flavour compounds. The vats were plunged 4 times a day for 12 days before the new wine was sieved off to tank and the skins then basket/ membrane pressed. Following gross lees settling the wines were racked to barrel for Maloactic fermentation to take place. With oak from new to 3 year old French Oak.
Post Malolactic fermentation adjustments followed then cool storage until ready for bottling. Total time in oak, 9 months. |
| Appearance: |
Clean, bright purple red at bottling. |
| Aroma: |
Spicy tamarillo and plum aromas with hints of fresh mushrooms. |
| Palate: |
The hints of the fruits on the nose follow through on to the palate as well as showing earthy mushroomy flavours. |
| Cellaring: |
Two to eight years cool cellaring will make this a truly elegant wine. |
| Serving: |
Best presented at 16°C to 18°C for overall enjoyment. |
| Food Accompaniment: |
Start with beef, lamb or venison dishes then progress to pork and other game meat dishes as the wine ages. |
Technical Points
| Harvest date: |
20th March - 13th April 2006 |
| Bottled: |
20th March 2007 |
| Winemaker: |
Strat Canning |
| Brix at Harvest: |
24.2 to 25.8° Brix |
| Alcohol: |
14.1% Standard Drinks: approx 8.3 standard drinks |
| “Contains Sulphites” |
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| Fining |
Fined with fish products, traces may remain |
| Residual Sugar: |
Nil |
| Titratable Acidity: |
5.85 g/l |
| pH: |
3.45 |
| Packaging: |
750ml bottles, Traditional punted Burgundy, Antique green. Cork finish, Diam Cork. |
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