[SOLD-OUT] By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir 2015

The Sangreal Vineyard is the oldest planting (1994) on a north-facing slope of red ironstone on the surface going to limestone to bluestone below. The rows run north to south, gaining full sun exposure throughout the day and resulting in prettier, more perfumed wines. It’s always the first vineyard to be harvested. Sangreal is consistently made with 60 to 70% whole bunch and aged in new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard Pinots.

By Farr

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Wine Front 95 points!

“More exposed, warmer site within the By Farr estate, but picked two weeks before Farrside. Serious feeling wine. Brilliant release from the Geelong stalwart.

Spiced cherry, game meat, touch of briar, whiff of clove oak. Evocative scents from the glass, takes you to butcher’s shops and florists. Soft in the palate, spreads on sheets of fine tannin, mouthwatering acidity, spritely to finish. A quilt caught on the line in a southerly wind. Beautiful sweet-sour-savoury fruit flavours, pitch perfect spice and herbal nuance. Unreal feel here, so unique in its way. Savour it.”

Mike Bennie, Wine Front, August 2017

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Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Geelong

Variety:

Wine Red - Pinot noir

Size:

750mL