Dog Point Marlborough Pinot Noir 750ml

Dog Point Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 750ML Vineyard Location Marlborough home vineyards Settlement and Yarrum largely all on hill slopes Viticulture 35 tonneshectare Some plantings date back to 1983 Clones 70 Dijon Clones 667777115 15 Clone 5 10 Abel 5 105 Soil Clay loams Vintage A mild spring free of frost alerts resulted in an extremely good budburst with nice even growth across all varieties Aboveaverage earlymidsummer temperatures with generally settled weather ensured an excellent flowering and fruit set with January the warmest in over 60 years of statistical records This led to one of our earliest harvests however the month also produced another climatic record with by far the highest rainfall recorded for February necessitating additional canopy management under vine weeding and inter row mowing Low cropping with good open canopies allowed sunlight and wind penetration to do their job which certainly won the day in a testing but rewarding vintage Winemaking Hand picked and chilled overnight prior to handsorting 75 destemmed and 25 whole bunches included Fermented in small stainless open top fermenters with 100 indigenous yeasts over a period of 3 weeks prior to pressing into French oak barrels for eighteen months 30 new Colour Bright crimson Aroma Perfumed bright florals of rose and violets with crunchy red berry fruit Brambly dried herb notes add a layer of complexity Palate Succulent and supple with alluring red cherry brown spices and silky fineboned tannins Cellaring Ten years ABV 13