Black Estate Treble Pinot Noir 2018

Tasting Note

Bright ruby red hue. An alluring bouquet of wild strawberry, rhubarb, nutmeg, cinnamon, vine blossom and liquorice. The pallet has bright, supple, fine and long with salivating tamarillo, red currant jelly, parsley, and chalk.

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Additional information

Type: Red wine from New Zealand

Grape varial: Pinot Noir

Alcohol: 12.5% vol

Food match: This wine is versatile with food and will pair well with savoury lamb, venison and game dishes, as well as fish dishes such as grilled salmon or tuna. A quintessential match for a vegetarian option is grilled field mushrooms.

Vineyard: Waipara Valley, New Zealand. From all three hillside vineyards in the Omihi sub-district of North Canterbury in the east coast of New Zealand's South Island. This year fifty percent was sourced from the Home Vineyard which grows on sedimentary clay soils. This part of the vineyard was planted in 2011 at a vine density of 6172 vines per hectare. Thirty three percent was sourced from the Netherwood Vineyards sandstone soils, which was planted in 1986 at a vine density of 4500 vines per hectare. Sixteen percent was sourced from the Damsteep Vineyard planted in 1999 at a vine density of 3800 where vines grow on clay overlying fractured limestone and sandstone soils.

Winemaking: The Home and Damsteep parcels were 100% De-stemmed, not crushed, 75% Whole berries. 4 days cold soak at ambient temperature. Yeast for fermentation was propagated from a vineyard starter. Fermentation lasted 10 to 12 days with hand or foot plunging one to 2 times per day. The Netherwood parcels were fermented 100% whole cluster. Fermentation lasted 10 to 12 days with hand or foot plunging once per day at the end of fermentation. All wines were pressed after 28 days and drained to tight grained French, 3 to 10 year old barrels. Malo-lactic fermentation was completed in spring. 12 months barrel maturation, then racked to stainless steel tank where the wine settled for 6 months. Bottled without fining or filtration.

Residual sugar: 0.2 g/l

Bottle size: 0.75l

Notice: contains sulphites

Cellaring potential: until 2024

Closure: Screwcap

Produced and bottled by: Black Estate Wines, 614 Omihi Road, Waipara 7483, New Zealand

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