Sliding Hill Pinot Noir 2025
COLOUR: Deep Ruby
AROMA: Lifted aromas of spiced cherry, red and dark berry fruit, with hints of
dried plum skin and floral notes.
PALATE: Rich and full bodied with concentrated flavors of berry fruit, plums, chocolate and spice. There is elegance to the palate, with complex dried spice and savory flavors. It displays a lovely silky texture and soft tannin structure that adds complexity and great length to the wine.
ANALYSIS: Alc:14.0% pH: 3.54 TA: 5.2
WINEMAKERS NOTES
This wine was made with a minimalist philosophy to allow the characteristics of the grapes and the vineyard to be revealed. The fruit was hand-harvested, hand-sorted, gently destemmed and gravity-fed to tank. Fermented with a combination of indigenous and cultured yeasts, careful hand plunging was utilized to gently extract flavours and tannins from the skins. Maturation occurred in French oak barriques for approximately 10 months.
VITICULTURALISTS NOTES
The 2025 season was characterised by excellent yields and a warm dry long Summer. Regular winter rainfall and a warm late spring encouraged optimal canopy growth and fruit set. Summer was dry but stayed relatively cool resulting in healthy vines with no disease or water stress. Many hours were spent throughout the season reducing yields to optimal levels. There was a slow progression into Autumn with a long, drawn-out ripening period where the fruit reached optimum ripeness in perfect harvest conditions.
