2019 Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir

Distinctly Pinot- light bodied, pretty, crisp and fresh

Vineyard: Coulter Vineyard, Lenswood and Hersey Vineyard, Kuitpo

Planted: 2000 and 1997

Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone

Picking date: February 27 and March 6, 2019

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily

Time on skins: 10 days

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: Ceramic amphora and 2000L Slavonian oak Foudre for 3 months, then stainless steel for 7 months

Filtration: Sterile

Fining: No

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Production: 600 dozen