Medhurst Estate Pinot Noir 2022 (6 Bottles) Yarra Valley

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Bright crimson and brilliant appearance, purple hues. Violets and blue fruited with complex spice notes on the nose. The palate delivers pure fruits and even tannins. It’s a compact and balanced vintage with terrific acid framework. The finish is long and fruit driven. A powerful wine that will mature gracefully over the next 4-6 years.

Our Estate vineyard Pinot Noir is a blend of two blocks (both MV6), the gravelly hungrier duplex clays of the North facing B block (10%) and the cooler loamy brown soils on the south facing C block (90% of blend). Hand-picked on the 3rd and 9th of March respectively, the fruit was kept in the coolroom overnight. De-stemming into vats the following morning, fruit purity of utmost importance with daily gentle wetting of the cap and CO2 (dry ice) for protection.

A portion of whole bunches fermented seperately, making 10% of the final cuvee. Once fermentation commenced on day four (indigenous yeasts finally co-operating), the cap was pumped over very gently twice per day, with the odd pigeage towards the end. The 3 separate batches remained ‘on skins’ for 14 and 15 days.

At the completion of fermentation, the wine was pressed to tank and then racked to French oak barrels (30% new) for malolactic fermentation. 9 months in oak, before being bottled December the 13th 2022.