Ngeringa Pinot Noir 2023

Winemaker: Erinn Klein

Grape(s): Pinot Noir 

GI: Adelaide Hills (Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia)

Site(s): Ngeringa Summit Vineyard and Turnbull Family Vineyard

Vintage notes: The growing season leading into the vintage of 2023 was by all accounts our wettest and cooler in at least a decade. A long, slow much later than normal harvest meant amazing flavour development, great acid retention in the grape across all varieties. 

Winemaking: About thirty percent of the Pinot Noir is gently hand harvested and carefully tipped into one stainless steel fermenter keeping the berries in-tact for a true carbonic maceration for one week. The rest of the grapes are de-stemmed and fermented using daily pumping overs and foot stomping to wet the cap for 2 weeks before gentle pressing to older French barriques, where the wines mature for nine months. A small dose of sulphur is added at blending, prior to bottling. No enzymes, no fining.

Closure: Stelvin screw cap

ABV: 13.0%

Tasting notes: A ruby red Pinot Noir that is medium bodied with vibrant, lifted red fruit aromas of blue plums and dark cherries, along with hints of herbal spice and earthy aromas derived from the carbonic maceration. Texture is crunchy and fresh with approachable tannins.

Production size:  715 dozen