2020 Greywacke Pinot Noir, Marlborough

All fruit was grown in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys and principally sourced from the Yarrum Vineyard, situated on the Brancott/Ben Morven ridge. Typical of this subregion, the wind-blown loess soils are comprised of clay-loams with differing degrees of gravel content. The grapes were hand-harvested and chilled overnight prior to hand-sorting.
Most of the fruit was then destemmed into open-top fermenters, the majority of which also had
a percentage of whole-bunch inclusion. The fruit was left to soak on skins prior to the onset of
indigenous yeast fermentation, then plunged daily. After fermentation, the wine was pressed,
racked and filled into French oak barriques (30% new).

A virtual fruit compote loaded with juicy strawberries, blackberries and blackcurrants – gently poached and lightly infused with cloves, Chinese five-spice and stem ginger.