Vintage:
2003
Colour
Bright red
Nose
Intense and intricate, this wine is perfumed with red berries, black cherry, plum and some
chocolate and kirsch aromas with foresty hints. Fine French oak adds charry, smoky
complexity to the wine.
Palate
Richly peppered with layers of berry, chocolate and licorice this wine has concentrated
flavours with great elegance and fine, silky tannins. It has a lingering
Cellar
Showing great structure now, it will age beautifully for up to ten years.
Winemaker Comments:
The wine is a premium selection from our 2003 Pinot Noir. It has had twelve months aging
in high quality French oak barrels and a further twelve months in bottle before release. A
rich and concentrated wine, it is a unique expression of its variety and origin. It will benefit
from at least five years further aging and will drink well for up to ten years after release. This
is without doubt the pinot noir with the longest cellaring potential we have made.
Showing great structure now it will age beautifully for at least ten years.
Growing Season /
Vintage Notes:
Typical of the season, the Yarra Valley experienced a dry winter, cool spring and early
summer with very little rain. The dry conditions were largely alleviated by plentiful supplies
of water after the very cool 2002 vintage. Flowering was extremely even with almost perfect
conditions and yields were low, sitting very comfortably in the desired range. Pinot Noir was
excellent with rich, ripe flavours and with summer quite warm by Yarra Valley standards,
this boded well for full-bodied red wines.
WINEMAKING
Varietal Composition:
100% Pinot Noir
Alcohol:
13.7%
Fermentation Method
Fermentation Time:
7-14 Days
Skin Contact time:
Open fermenter. 50% cold soak.
50% barrel fermented.
7-14 Days
Yeast Type:
Lalvin BGY
Barrel origin:
French 228 Litre
Age of Barrel:
40% new, 60% 1 & 2 years old
Time in Barrel:
12 Months
MLF:
100%
Region:
Yarra Valley
Yield:
1.2 t/acre
Date of Harvest:
03/07/02 – 03/14/02
Method:
Hand
Vine Age:
8-15 Years
Clone:
MV6
Soil Type:
Grey clay over yellow clay
Cultivation Practices:
Trellis vertical shoot
positioning
VITICULTURAL