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Blicks Lane Vineyards

2023

Pinot Noir

Marlborough - New Zealand
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About

Blicks Lane Pinot Noir is a certified organic bottling from the Walnut Block estate vineyard. (Blicks Lane is a separate project from the Sowland family at Walnut Block.) The grapes are grown in a European-style high density planting using top quality Burgundy clones. Clyde’s commitment to organics allow the vineyard’s unique characters to be expressed due to fewer outside influences such as sprays and fertilizers. Depth of flavor and mouthfeel improves as the vines become more self-sufficient and naturally balanced.

The grapes were handpicked and then chilled overnight at 38ºF to preserve delicate flavors. The cold fruit is de-stemmed and crushed into open top fermenters. The juice fermented 2/3 with wild yeast and 1/3 with a house selected yeast depending on specific lots.  After 12 days on skins and when the wine finished primary fermentation, it was gently pressed to old French barriques for maturation. After 10 months the barrels were selected and racked to tank where it settled with a vegan fining.  It was then bottled with a sterile filtration and small sulfur addition.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard: Walnut Block Estate Vineyard
  • Vine Age: 23-years-old
  • Soil Type: Alluvial soils
  • Viticulture: Certified organic
  • Fermentation: 2/3 Native / 1/3 Inoculated (depending on ferments) – open-top stainless-steel (100% whole-berry)
  • Skin Contact: 16 days
  • Aging: 10 months in seasoned French barriques
  • Alcohol: 13%
  • pH: 2.6
  • Total Acidity: 6.2 g/L
  • Total SO2: 68 ppm
  • Total Production: 700 cases
  • UPC: 9421901116217
  • SRP: $16.99

Tasting Note

Fragrant with wild strawberry, sour cherry, rose petal, orange peel, and damp woodland, it crackles with an energy that feels equal parts elegance and rebellion. The fruit is vivid but never sweet, constantly checked by savory notes of tea leaf, crushed rock, and a bittersweet herbal edge that pulls the wine into darker, more compelling territory. Fine tannins and bright acidity keep everything taut, leaving behind not richness, but resonance.  There is immense value here.

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Producer


Blicks Lane Vineyards

Region


Marlborough

Country


New Zealand

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