Spy Valley Pinot Noir 2005

Tasting Notes

Spy Valley Pinot Noir 2005 - Ant Mackenzie

Pinot Noir is hand-harvested from vines in our Marlborough vineyard, gently separated from the stems and fermented in small, traditional open-top vats. These vats are hand-plunged to extract colour and tannin, and after pressing the wine is aged in French oak barrels. Fruit-driven in style with soft tannins and spicy oak.

Country

New Zealand

Region

Marlborough

Vineyards

Johnson Estate

Variety

100% Pinot Noir

Harvest Date

1 - 21 April 2005

Brix at Harvest

23 - 25 °Brix

Viticulturalist

Adam McCone

Soils

Shallow and stony soils with overlying sandy loam. Some clay.

Winemakers

Ant Mackenzie, Jayne Grigg and Paul Bourgeois

Winemaking

Four separate blocks within our vineyard were hand picked and gently crushed into 5 tonne ferment tanks. After a short period cold soaking fermentation started naturally with ‘wild’ vineyard yeasts. After this fermentation the wine was pressed off the<br />skins then aged in oak barrels for 12 months.

Colour

Deep red

Bouquet

Mainly dark berry fruits and tar.

Palate

A lively mixture of black currants, chocolate and spice. The palate has loads of sweet fruit and refined tannins.

Release Date

July 2006

Cellaring

3 - 5 years

Analysis

Residual Sugar:

<2.0 g/L

pH:

3.55

TA:

6.1 g/L

Alcohol:

13.5% v/v

Accolades

2005 Pinot Noir - 92 Points - The Daily Pour, Aug 07

BEST Pinot Noir - Canada International Value Wine Awards, Aug 07

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