Momo Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 (By Seresin)

Description

"Elegantly expressed, this soft-toned pinot shows spiced cherry, ripe strawberry, game and earthy mushroom characters on the nose, leading to a juicy palate that is gently weighted and nicely rounded. The wine offers sweet berry notes as well as rich savoury undertones, finishing long and spicy. At its best: now to 2020" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Mar 2019

Gorgeous deep ruby in colour, this pretty Pinot Noir exudes lifted notes of dark cherry, plum and earth. The palate is fleshy and generous, yet elegant and supple, finishing with firm tannins and wonderful harmony.

2017 was a memorable and challenging vintage. A wonderful warm start to the growing season, with good soil moisture helping the vines to grow well. Cold temperatures during flowering, resulting in lower yields and smaller bunches. The harvest itself was fast and furious, one of the most compact the winemaker had ever experienced with challenging rain events just before and during harvest. The resulting wines having strong natural acidity and intense fruit flavours from the colder season.

The fruit was hand-picked, destemmed and fermented with wild yeast, and the caps handplunged daily during fermentation. The wine was left on skins for 4-5 weeks, then drained, lightly pressed and transferred to aged French oak barriques, 12% new. The wine went through natural malolactic fermentation during 11 months maturation, before it was bottled lightly filtered and unfined.

The fruit comes mostly from the clay-rich hillside Raupo Creek vineyard in the Omaka Valley (91.32%) with a small amount also from the Noa vineyard, in the Wairau subregion (8.68%) which is made up of Waimakariri type soils of alluvial origin.

Certified Organic. No dairy products or eggs. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Contains sulphites.