2024 Harrison Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes

Deep vibrant red
Perfumed and lifted on the nose
The wine is rich, powerful and layered with spice, red berries, plum and submissive cedar.
Medium bodied in structure the wine has a supple and opulent profile delivering depth and length on the palate finishing with ripe tannins.
I would like to suggest that this wine drinks well now but will reward cellaring for 5 to 10 years.

Winemaking

The fruit for this wine is sourced from Marcus Hill Vineyard on the Bellarine Peninsula.
Harvest occurred during March and the fruit was delivered to the winery in the late afternoon The clones are a mix of MV6, G5V15 and D5V15
The fruit is 95% destemmed to an open fermenter for a natural ferment.
Once the skins rise to the surface the cap is plunged once daily to ensure they remain moist.
At completion of the alcoholic fermentation the wine remains on skins for a further 3 days then it is pressed, settled and racked to oak for natural malolactic fermentation.
Following 10 months in oak the barrels are racked and assembled for bottling with no fining.