• French oak
• Red fruit
• Rose petal 
• Wild herbs

The beauty of Gibbston threads through this wine. From its delightful rose petal bouquet to its wistful lingering thread of tannin, it embodies the site and region. Wild herbs and boyant red fruit aromatics lead into a long, delicate palate and an elegant, long finish. Glenlee 2019 can be enjoyed within 5-8 years of release.

The Glenlee vineyard was planted by Gary Andrus in 2002 to a high density conf iguration (6200 vines per hectare). A band of glacial outwash and river gravels fans out through the highest eastern corner of this north-facing site. Here, free draining soil ensures vines are balanced with open canopies, lignif ied stems and ripe fruit. Glenlee Pinot Noir is drawn exclusively from these vines. The fruit combines fragrance with concentration and structure. Drawing from Gibbston Valley’s™ most intriguing vineyards, the Single Vineyard range gives full voice to site.

A very high quality vintage, in spite of a severe October frost. Warm spring and summer conditions gave even bunch weights and moderate yields. Benign conditions continued through to picking, with sufficient rainfall to keep vines healthy. Fruit at harvest was in beautiful condition, with good acidity and ripeness.

Following an excellent growing season, the fruit was picked immediately following a cool snap mid April, and fermented with a range of whole bunch percentages over three fermenters. Following pressing, the wine spent 10 months in French oak, 20% new. The f inal wine incorporates 15% whole cluster.