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Pinot Noir 2023

FORAGER WINE

Pinot Noir 2023

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This is the eleventh release of Forager Pinot Noir. 2023 was such a balanced season. A combination of favourable conditions at flowering and a dry harvest provided fruit with lovely harmony and flavour. As always considerable time was spent in the vineyard ensuring each vine carried a balanced load of fruit. Hours spent hand tending the vines was carried out by vineyard owners Andy and Jill Black. The fruit was hand picked at the end of March in the midst of a beautiful Autumn and left to ferment outside in the vineyard then rest on skins for one month before a very gentle press to French oak barrels. The wine was aged for 15 months in barrels before bottling without fining or filtration.

WINE INFORMATION

 

VARIETY Pinot Noir
REGION North Canterbury
SUB-REGION Waiau
VINEYARD Isolated Hill
VINEYARD DETAILS Amuri Limestone Quarry Hill,
210m Altitude, 40 km inland
TIME ON SKINS 30 days
TIME IN BARRELS 15 months. 7 barrels.
AGE OF OAK 15% new, 30% 2 yr old, 35% 3 yr old, 20% 4 yr old. Very fine grained, French.
WHOLEBUNCH 20%
ALCOHOL 13.5%
pH 3.68
TA 6.42g/L
FINING none
FILTRATION none
STABILISATION Natural in barrel over winters
CASES CRAFTED 166 (12 x 750ml)

 

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