Tasting Notes:
Colour: Deep ruby
Bouquet: Generous fruity nose, red berryfruit and spice
Palate: Ripe cherry and dark plum flavours, with hints of cinnamon, thyme and pepper on the finish. Good length and palate weight. Silky tannins add structure and complexity.
Food Match: Ideal with lamb, duck, venison and other game.
Cellaring: Up to five years.
Winemaking Notes:
Growing Region: Single Block Te Muna Road, Martinborough
Variety: Pinot Noir -- clone 115 (80%) and 10-5 (20%)
Viticulture: 2008 was an excellent vintage, with a long warm autumn. Cropping was kept to 2 t/acre.
Harvested at 25 brix.
Winemaking: 7 days cold soak, 7 days ferment, 10 days maceration before pressing. Malo in barrel.
Maturation: 11 months in French oak barriques, 30% new.
Fined with gelatine.
Alcohol: 13%
pH: 3.6
Viticulturists and winemakers: Katherine Jacobs and Jeremy Corban