2021 Coolart Road Pinot Noir
2021 Coolart Road Pinot Noir
A darker, more powerful and brooding style of Pinot Noir. This wine has a lovely core of dark fruits; fragrant red cherry, mulberry aromas with a hint of liquorice and vanilla. It is complex and has a rich mid palate with earthy/undergrowth characters brooding below. It has a firm structure, fine grippy tannins with lovely crisp acidity.
Wine Profile
| Vintage |
Other Notes
With a La Niña weather pattern controlling the season, the wet spring and start to the summer delayed bud burst and flowering. Below average temperatures and rainfall over summer allowed the grapes to ripen slowly but evenly, resulting in great concentration of flavour and good natural acidity.
|
| Vineyards :: Clones |
Vineyard Notes
D Block :: MV6 (56%), E Block :: MV6 (10%), F Block :: MV6 (34%)
|
| Harvest date :: Yield |
Harvest Date
Hand picked 9th- 12th March 2021 :: 2.2-4.7t/ha
|
| Brix :: pH :: TA |
pH
12.8°-13.5° Baumé :: 3.4-3.56 :: 6.6-7.6 g/L
|
| Winemaking |
Winemaker Notes
Winemaking ::
• The fruit was hand picked and chilled overnight, then hand sorted and destemmed.
• A mix of parcels had 10-20% whole bunch included in the ferment, other parcels destemmed 100%.
• Cold soak that lasted for approximately 5 days at 8-12˚C.
• Then a natural ferment in a combination of concrete and stainless steel fermenters, with light pump overs 1-2 times a day and some plunging.
• Fermented on skins for 16-18 days and then pressed to tank before being racked to barrel.
|
| Winemakers |
Production
Bottled 248 dozen 8 June 2022 :: screwcap
|
| Aging :: Oak |
Aging
14 months :: 28% new oak
|
| Residual sugar |
Residual Sugar
Dry (0.0 g/l)
|
| Finished pH :: TA |
Acid
3.49 :: 5.6 g/L
|
| Alcohol % |
Alcohol %
13.5
|
| Production | |
| Tasting Notes |
Tasting Notes
A darker, more powerful and brooding style of Pinot Noir. This wine has a lovely core of dark fruits; fragrant red cherry, mulberry aromas with a hint of liquorice and vanilla. It is complex and has a rich mid palate with earthy/undergrowth characters brooding below. It has a firm structure, fine grippy tannins with lovely crisp acidity.
|
| Food :: Temperature |
Food Pairing Notes
Venison with spiced parsnips & confit carrot :: Serve 14-17°C.
|
| Best drinking |
Bottling Date
2023-2030
|
| Downloadable PDF |
