Colour

Deep ruby, lighter around the rim.

Aroma

Inviting and fragrant, showing crushed black cherries, roses, violets, thyme and bramble.

Ageing Potential

Enjoy young or let this wine improved for 10 – 15 years if properly stored. Perfect with duck or the classic French casserole, beef bourguignon.

Palate

Medium-full bodied in weight, the wine treads lightly despite its formidable fruit concentration and ageing potential. Finely rendered tannins and plush cherry fruit deliver both sumptuousness and structure, a fine dusting of French oak showcasing the floral and dried herb nuances on the complex palate. A serious and stylish Pinot Noir from one of the finest vintages we’ve ever experienced, this is a classic Palliser Pinot from day one.

Winemaking

60% of the fruit from our Pencarrow Vineyard with the balance from two of our organic vineyards, Waka and the Winery.  The fruit is handpicked, cold soaked and wild fermented with 18% whole clusters. The fermenting wine is gently pumped over and plunged before pressing to french oak barrels for 10 months’ maturation

Winemaker

Guy McMaster

Technical Details

Picking Date: April 2019
Alcohol: 13.5%
Bottled: March 2020