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Poppelvej

2023

‘Dancing in the Doldrums’

Pinot Meunier   |   Adelaide Hills - Australia
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About

‘Dancing in the Doldrums’ was once the debut Meunier from the Danish boys. Uffe ventured deep into Summertown in the Adelaide Hills in search for the fruity Pinot. Uffe has a Pinot Noir addiction; he cannot stop drinking it nor looking for new vineyards to express. This wine was Jens’ way of helping to tame this addiction and put the Meunier bug in Uffe’s ear. Much like Robert Plant begging Jimmy Page to lay off the heroin in the song ‘In the Evening’, this was a very different sort of pleading. And it was lyrics from that song that inspired ‘Dancing in the Doldrums.’

The fruit was handpicked from the Peacock Corner in Oakbank in early March. The fruit was fermented in plastic picking bins (20% whole cluster, 50% whole berry, 30% pressed) and foot-stomped daily for the first five days of ferment. After about 10 days on skins the wine went dry and it was pressed to neutral French barriques for aging on the gross lees.  After five months with monthly battonage occurring the wine was then racked to a stainless-steel tank where settling occurred naturally and then bottled by hand without fining or filtration and just a small sulfur addition.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Pinot Meunier
  • Vineyard: Peacock Corner (Oakbank)
  • Vine Age: 17-years-old
  • Soil Type: Alluvial clay and ancient sandstone
  • Viticulture: Practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Native – one ton plastic picking bins (20% whole cluster, 50% whole berry, 30% pressed)
  • Skin Contact: 10 days
  • Aging: 5 months in neutral French barriques
  • Alcohol: 12.5%
  • pH: 3.48
  • Total Acidity: 7.81
  • Total SO2: 51 ppm
  • Total Production: 180 cases

Tasting Note

Crunchy red fruits, bright juicy acidity, and beautiful fragrance. Hints of spicy mint and celery salt emerge and a pinch of white pepper noticeable from the stem inclusion. A wine primed for a chill and drinking on a warm day. Throw it in the esky at your next BBQ!

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Poppelvej

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Adelaide Hills

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Australia

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