Claystone Terrace

2021 Pinot Noir

Awards:

Silver (90) - Decanter 2023

Wild black raspberry notes and fine-toned anisette, the Claystone Pinot Noir features a dense-berried nose of red currants and black cherries, with a complex brambly breadth of fruit in the mid-palate.

$42.00 / 750 ml Bottle

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Winemaker Notes

Welcome to the Renaissance of the Claystone Terrace single-vineyard wines! Both the Claystone Chardonnay and Pinot Noir blocks – like the Grand Clos blocks just a few hundred metres away - happen to both come from the extreme western side of the vineyard: a happenstance of aspect and geology.

- Thomas Bachelder

Tasting Notes

There is an intricate seriousness to the wild pluminess and slight black liquorice overtones. This is currently perhaps the most harmonious and settled of the reds.

Technical Notes

Alcohol Volume: 13.2%

Acidity: 5.6 g/L (expressed in tartic acid)

pH: 3.62

Residual Sugar: 1.5 g/L

VQA Sub-appellation: Twenty Mile Bench

Vineyard & Harvest Notes

Vineyard: Claystone Terrace Vineyard

Trellising System: Vertical Shoot Positioning: Single and Double Guyot

Planting Density: 5299 vines/ha (2145 vines/Ac)

Harvest Date: September 10th 2020

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