The Pioneer
Pinot Noir 2023

On arrival at the winery, the grapes were tipped into small, open-top fermenters for several days’ cold maceration. Once fermentation started, the vats were gently pumped over to extract colour, flavour, and fine tannins. The wine was left on the skins for seven to ten days post fermentation then pressed into a mixture of French oak barriques (224l) and puncheons (500l). After ten months maturation we tasted every barrel and carefully selected our favourites, they were then blended for this special wine and bottled here at the winery. This wines in includes small portions of whole bunch, barrel ferment and extended maceration wines.