Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2017
Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2017
A juicy leg of lamb served with all the trimmings and a glass of our Family Reserve Pinot Noir - a pleasure beyond words!
Tasting Notes
Deep in colour, our Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2017 is vibrant and sweet-fruited with wild cherries and spice flavours, concentrated, savoury and complex.
Our Family Reserve
In exceptional years we release wines under our Family Reserve label. They are a powerful expression of our land and our vision.
Weather Conditions
Regular rain fall in spring and early summer promoted a vibrant and lush canopy.
A warm and dry February made for excellent ripening conditions but just a few days before harvest it was back to rain.
Fortunately we got a few more sunny days and with the help of our amazing picking team we managed to bring the crop in safely just hours before cyclone Debbie hit the region – once again extremely lucky!
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Reviews
4 1/2 Stars Michael Cooper
Deep ruby, it is mouthfilling and savoury, with concentrated cherry, plum and spice flavours, good tannin backbone, and excellent complexity. A powerful wine, it's well worth cellaring to 2021+.
From Sustainable Production, accredited by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand
Weather Conditions: Regular rain fall in spring and early summer promoted a vibrant and lush canopy.
A warm and dry February made for excellent ripening conditions but just a few days before harvest it was back to rain.
Fortunately we got a few more sunny days and with the help of our amazing picking team we managed to bring the crop in safely just hours before cyclone Debbie hit the region – once again extremely lucky!
Viticulture
• Single Vineyard: 100% fruit from our 16 year old Home block
• Moutere clay soil with a layer of sandy loam
• Close planting: 3780 vines/ha
• 9 Clones: UCD5, UCD 6, 10/5, 22, 114, 115, 667, 777, Abel
• Manual shoot thinning, leaf plucking and crop reduction
• Hand-harvested and hand-sorted on 28 March 2017
Winemaking
• Extremely gentle winemaking: 2 weeks cold maceration at 2 degrees, hand-plunged, moderate pressing, gravity-fed from press area to main winery, minimal pumping
• aged for 12 months in French barrels, 31% new oak
• Bottled on 14 July 2018 in light-weight bottles to reduce our carbon footprint
• Screw capsules, 13.5% alcohol