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Druvsammansättning: Pinot noir

Mer info om årgången: Vineyard: Fruit sourced from 3 sites: Bendigo, Alexandra and Gibbston, Central Otago. Hand picked from the 13th of April through to the 12th of May. Wine Analysis: pH 3.6, TA 5.9, Alcohol 12.5%. Winemaking: 11 months French Oak maturation; 40% new, 35% one year, 35% two year old. 10% whole cluster ferment. Clones 5, 6, 10/5 and Dijon Clones 113,114, 115 667 and 777. Fermented in 3-5 tonne open topped tanks for about 7 days using a combination of yeasts and fermentation techniques such as differing whole bunch percentages. Hand plunged. Fermentation temperatures peaked at 30-33ºC and the wines were pressed at an average of 6 days after reaching dryness. The different vineyard sites and fermentation techniques were treated as individual lots right through production. The wine was bottled in March 2005.