Yealands Estate Winemakers Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 (T)

Description

This wine has this beautiful, seamless texture and bright red fruit and acid core that I associate with Gibbston wines. The focus is to enhance this with our winemaking but not to overpower it with too much new French oak.

Aromas of cherry, plum and spice are complemented by powerful tannins and a savoury, textured mid palate. Cellar up to 10 years.

Upon arrival to the winery, the fruit was destemmed and continued to cold soak for 5 days. For fermentation the parcel was gently warmed and inoculated with a select yeast to enhance varietal character. Regular hand plunging has helped to craft a wine with elegance and balance. 15% of the wine was aged for 12 months in new French oak barriques, 50% into second year and 35% into third year French oak. The blend was lightly filtered prior to bottling.