Hawk Hill Pinot Noir 2021
TASTING NOTE:
COLOUR: Deep red colour
AROMA: Splendidly fruited, the immensely complex bouquet reveals Black Doris plum, dark
cherry, floral thyme with nuances of dark chocolate, cigarbox and toasted spice
PALATE: The palate exhibits outstanding concentration and persistenc. The silky texture is
complimented with velvety tannins. A multi-layered, elegant and sophisticated wine.
ANALYSIS: Alc. 14.0% | 3.55 pH | 5.4 TA
WINEMAKERS NOTES
The fruit for this wine was hand-picked into small baskets then carefully and diligently hand
sorted to ensure that no less than perfect fruit entered the winery. This fruit was then gently
destemmed and moved to tank by gravity. A combination of indigenous and cultured yeasts
was nurtured through fermentation in open topped tanks. Careful use of hand plunging was
used to gently extract the flavours and tannins from the skins. Maturation occurred in French
barriques for approximately 15 months.
VITICULTURALISTS NOTES
Vigour and fertility in this block is very low resulting from the dense Loess Clay and the lack of
top soil. Vines are exposed to the strong hillside winds reducing shoot length and reducing
berry size. These vines are spur pruned, then extensively shoot thinned and leaf plucked by
hand to retain 18 small bunches per vine. The main slope block contributes earthy, dense, rich,
ripe and savoury characters result from the high mineral Loess Clay soils the vines grow in.
