Mystery Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 (01)

Description

Oak, Raspberry, Spice

Full bodied and packed with flavour, this Pinot Noir is fruit forward with rich dark fruits and warm cumin spice. The structure is elegant and silky, leading to a long savoury finish.

Fruit sourced from a selection of vineyard sites a within the Southern Valleys sub-region of Marlborough. An area with low cropping vineyards and a longer ripening period, contributes to this wine’s distinct tannins and concentrated fruit flavours. At the winery, the grapes were separated into small vats for cold soaking prior to fermentation, allowing the extraction of soft tannins and colour at the juice stage. The juice was fermented with cultured yeasts offering a wide variety of flavours and helping to attain better texture. During fermentation, the skins and juice were hand-plunged on average two times per day. When finished the wine was taken straight to a combination of stainless-steel tanks and new French oak where it sat for 7 months. The wine was then gently racked, blended, and bottled filtered and fined.