Carrick Billet Doux Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020

Description

• Oaked
• Red cherry
• Nutmeg
• Smooth tannins

"Notes of plum and red cherry can be found on the nose. The palate carries this fruit richness forward, melding togther with a savoury charcuterie character and a hint of nutmeg and clove. Overall it has lovely flow, it's soft and rounded, with smooth tannins. Quietly impressive and long" Rosie Menzies, Winemaker

This wine started its journey from fruit hand-picked from our Arthur's Vineyard, from 3 blocks representing the 'Pommard' Clones - 5, 6 and 13.

The wine was fermented together, as wholeberries (100% destemmed) with no inoculation or adjustment. Pressed off after 18 days, then onwards to barrel maturation (all old oak) for 10 months. From barrel to tank, then bottled by hand, under natural cork. No fining, filtration, or additions.

At Carrick they believe that wine is an expression of place and time, and that the ultimate test for a winemaker is to make wines without any cosmetic refinery, i.e., no fining, no filtration, no preservative. Just grapes. The Billet-Doux is the wine which embodies this ethos and could not be possible without the care and attention of their vineyard team. Because the quality of the raw ingredient is what defines this wine.