[SOLD-OUT] Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir 2018

WINE FRONT 94 POINTS!  

 

"Wow, this is a great pinot noir. Has an almost electric pulse. Bright, cranberry and pomegranate fruit, taut and fresh, a web of charry-reductive tannins but so judiciously found. Sinew and pucker, wine drawn long, it’s one for the very elemental and savoury pinot lovers. Complex and compelling wine." - Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

"The wines that make up this terrific value blend could quite easily have been bottled as single-vineyard wines. Balnarring and Tuerong make up the bulk of the blend, with a little whole-bunch Merricks adding lift and complexity. Across the blend, the grapes were sorted then de-stemmed (a small percentage was fermented with 10% whole bunches), and then fermented in concrete using indigenous yeast, with minimal hand plunging and 22 days on skins. The wine was then aged for ten months on gross lees in puncheon, concrete and foudre (5% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered. The note below sums up this deliciously sappy and juicy Pinot well." - Bibendum

 

  Organic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  

Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Mornington Pen

Variety:

Wine Red - Pinot noir

Size:

750mL