Craggy Range Calvert Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand

Wine Name: Craggy Range Calvert Vineyard Pinot Noir

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Vineyard: Calvert Vineyard, Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand

Vintages: 2008

Production Level: 44 hl/ha

100% Hand Harvest

15% whole bunch press, 85% destemmed

Fermentation: Open Top Oak Tank, Indiginous Yeast

Maturation: French Oak 33% new, 10month on lees

No fining, filtered.

Alcohol: 14.2%

Residual Sugar: Nil

Acidity: 5.5g/L

Winemaker's Notes:

Dusky plum red in colour. Darker, more brooding aromatics than seen in this wine before. Spice, ripe raspberry, plum, dark chocolate and earth characters, with violet loral high notes. The palate is rich with berries, roses and exotic spice, all beautifully restrained and focused by a core of suede-like tannin.