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95 points

2021 Reserve
Pinot Noir

F and H blocks are the backbone of this Reserve Pinot Noir blend. Planted in 1984, these blocks consistently produced some of our highest quality fruit.
2021 Reserve PN high
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Technical Details

VITICULTURE
Estate block F & H Harvest date 23rd February & 3rd March, 2021.
Vine clone, age & features
Sourced from the original 1984 plantings. MV6 clone on own roots. Produced from heritage, low yielding vines, VSP trellis system, planted on north facing slopes.
Site selection
F and H blocks is the backbone of the Reserve Pinot Noir blend. Planted in 1984, these are some of our icon sites. They consistently produce our highest quality Pinot Noir, the soil is naturally low yielding giving optimum vine balance.
Vintage notes
2021 was a near textbook vintage. The spring weather was even with rainfall at the right intervals for flowering resulting in excellent fruit set. The growing season from December through to February was also very even with excellent ripening weather. As a result, sugar and flavour development occurred slowly and simultaneously. The yields were of an average size and excellent quality with a strong expression of the Tarrawarra site.
Skin contact time
14 days
Fermentation time
Five days Malo-lactic ferment 100%
pH
3.59
TA
5.0g/L
Alcohol
13.5%
Cooperage
Mercurey, Francois Freres, Bossuet, Damy.
All French oak, 20% of which is new. The balance being older oak. A mixture of Barriques (228L) and Puncheons (500L).
Winemaker notes
The fruit batches are kept separate in barrel and blended to the style intended to express the truest form of the varietal character and the site.
Notes
Notes of poached strawberries, dried flowers, and a touch of amaro, with soft tannins. On the palate, it reveals dark cherry, aniseed with game and woodsmoke. A silk like texture flows effortlessly into a long finish.
A wine of great finesse.

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