2023 Felton Road Bannockburn Pinot Noir

Felton Road's vineyards are managed using organic and biodynamic viticulture, ensuring the highest quality fruit arrives at the winery. From there winemaking is intentionally hands off with gravity flow, wild yeasts, wild malo, and an avoidance of fining and filtration to help preserve the expression of its terroir. Felton Road farms four properties totalling 32 ha in the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. The fruit for this wine is a blend of four vineyards; Cornish Point, Calvert, MacMuir and The Elms.
Aged for 13 months in 25% new French oak barrels with 20% whole clusters included in the ferment.
Deep dark red black tinged colour with a dark purple hue. Intense ripe dark cherry, dark plum and anise aromas leap from the glass with hints of violet, spicy cedar, fresh herbs and forest floor also evident. Rich and juicy yet possessing an underlying firmness, a power wave of delicious dark cherry, anise and dark plum fruits are delivered with terrific concentration. Infusions of fresh herbs, lightly toasted cedar, forest floor and spice characters ensue. Fresh and expansive in its feel it has sturdy yet relatively polished tannin structure. Concludes long, generously fruited and spicy.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%