Grasshopper Rock, Earnscleugh Vineyard, Central Otago Pinot Noir 2022 

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Tasting notes: 
Dark purple with garnet hues. Perfumed with violets, blackberries, strawberry, hints of spice, chocolate and dried herb. A full silky entry with dark plum, dark cherry, florals and forest floor notes. Concentrated and complex with good minerality, ample fine-grained tannins and a persistent finish. Firm acid backbone which melds well with the dark fruit profile.

Winemaking notes:
The fruit (clones 5, 777, 114, 115, Abel and 667) was harvested from the 5th – 11th April 2022.  The fruit was destemmed into tanks to undergo fermentation by a mix of selected and wild yeast with peak fermentation was 30°C. Total time on skins was approximately 20 days. The wine was aged in French Oak Barriques for approximately 10 months, of which 28% was new oak.

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