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Felton Road Cornish Point Pinot Noir 2023

MINISCULE QUANITIES AVAILABLE OF THIS DEEP, BROODING PINOT

 

**Very limited. Only 2 per customer**

 

"The vivacious fruit and spices are present as always but are perhaps lighter in tone and more exotic. The palate has a savoury tone, which sits surprisingly well with the usual Cornish Point indulgences: luxurious fruit and exotic woods like Sandalwood, even Lebanon Cedar.  The tannins are beautifully balanced and integrated, ever present, but never interfering; just contributing to the overall stature.

Commencing with meticulous site selection and vineyard design in 1991, Felton Road's story is one of refusal to compromise. A strict 100% estate policy with fully organic and biodynamic viticulture (BioGro and Demeter certified) ensures that our fruit arrives at the winery as pure as it can be, while our entire estate comes as close to true sustainability as is possible.

Felton Road farms four properties totalling 34 ha in the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. This wine is from Cornish Point vineyard where the close proximity to Lake Dunstan (surrounded on three sides) creates a unique mesoclimate.

The unique gravity flow winery enabled the grapes to be gently destemmed directly into open-top fermenters without pumping, with 20% retained as whole clusters. Traditional fermentation with a moderately long maceration on skins has extracted good colour and tannin with considerable depth of flavour. This wine was aged for 13 months in 25% new French oak barrels from artisan Burgundian coopers. In accordance with our noninterventionalist approach to winemaking, this wine was fermented with indigenous yeast and malolactic, and was not fined or filtered." - Felton Road

 

Farming   Organic   Biodynamic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  


Country:
New Zealand
Region:
NZ- Central Otago
Variety:
Wine Red - Pinot noir
Size:
750mL

$115.00
Maximum Purchase:
2 units