2015 Auntsfield Heritage Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand
$89.00
4 in stock
| Varieties | Pinot Noir |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Marlborough |
| Alcohol | 13.5% |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
Auntsfield continues the proud heritage of Marlborough’s first vineyard and winery established in 1873. Our Single Block wines display qualities distinctive to grapes grown within a defined area at Auntsfield Estate. Consistent quality and character over many vintages has separated these Single Blocks out as producing our Reserve Wines.
This wine is only made when a selection of traditionally made wine from our steepest hill side exhibits the intensity, complexity, balance and sense of place required to honour the heritage of Auntsfield Estate: Marlborough’s first vineyard and winery.
Tasting Notes
Savoury and complex aromas of exotic spices, dark berry fruits and floral notes. Hints of cocoa and leather. The palate is immensely dense and concentrated with luscious black fruit flavours integrating with oak spice. The wine has an intense and yet silky fine tannin structure, great length and many years of ageing potential.
Winemaking
This wine is made with a sense of place. The steep clay hillsides at Auntsfield give us fruit with great density, complexity and tannin structure. Winemaking is carried out with a desire to reveal these characters in the wine. The fruit is hand harvested and gravity fed into an open top oak vessel with a proportion of fruit being whole bunch fermented. This was hand plunged once fermentation begins. The wine was kept on skins for an extended period following fermentation before being aged in oak for 14 months.
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