New Zealand
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97 Points
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95 Points
100% of whole bunches, not crushed and vatted by gravity. No yeast addition. Maceration: pre-fermentation, cold (12-15° C) during 5 days.
Length of maceration: 23 days. Cap-punched once a day until mid-fermentation and light pumping-over until the end of maceration.
18 months in oak-barrels. New barrels: 23 % Origin of wood: Tronçais, Cîteaux. All barrels racked. Light and soft filtration. No fining.
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Tax included.
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Description
Soil and subsoil: pure silt with a very low rough sand equivalent. Fairly pebbly, very calcareous. Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha Rootstock: 50% of massal selection and 50 % of clones. Organic agriculture: since 1998. Official approval Ecocert®: 1999. Biodynamic agriculture: 2001 Pruning: Guyot Vineyard news: Ullage planted out. Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 at the end of the winter and of 501 in spring before the flower. Suckers removed in spring.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Aroma:Earthy, Herbal, Red Fruits
Palate:Cedar, Red Cherry, Strawberry
Food Pairings:
Fish
Game
Poultry
Description
Soil and subsoil: pure silt with a very low rough sand equivalent. Fairly pebbly, very calcareous. Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha Rootstock: 50% of massal selection and 50 % of clones. Organic agriculture: since 1998. Official approval Ecocert®: 1999. Biodynamic agriculture: 2001 Pruning: Guyot Vineyard news: Ullage planted out. Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 at the end of the winter and of 501 in spring before the flower. Suckers removed in spring.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Aroma:
Earthy, Herbal, Red Fruits
Palate:
Cedar, Red Cherry, Strawberry
Food Pairings:
Fish
Game
Poultry
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
Aroma:
Earthy, Herbal, Red Fruits
Palate:
Cedar, Red Cherry, Strawberry
Food Pairings:
Fish
Game
Poultry