Stats
- Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir
- Vineyard: Macclesfield and Kersbrook
- Vine Age: 15-years-old
- Soil Type: Ironstone with rich red-brown sandy loam and yellow banded clay
- Viticulture: Conventional
- Fermentation: Native – open-top stainless-steel (50% whole-cluster)
- Skin Contact: 10 days
- Aging: 9 months in a mix of used (75%) and new (25%) French barriques
- Alcohol: 13.2%
- pH: 3.63
- Total Acidity: 5.83 g/L
- Total SO2: 57 ppm
- Total Production: 2,000 cases
- UPC: 9342160000713
Tasting Note
This Pinot Noir has a medium-red hue. Aroma melds briar, blackberry, rose petal, tamarind, and nougat, with fleeting hints of rich fruits. Evoking Pinot essence, it carries scents of pine forest floors and fresh mushroom compost—a true ‘being there’ experience. The palate unfolds flavors of fresh berry meeting Burgundian tobacco, leading to cool berry leanness reminiscent of early English summer. The interplay between fruit and poised tannin is Wordsworthian—serious yet poetic. Versatile with food, a refined Pinot Noir with poetic resonance.
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
91
"A pure air of boysenberry, morello cherry and rhubarb with whole-bunch clove and caraway seed. A little dill, mezcal and white peppercorn, too, seeping across the astringent seams. Yet the fruit is dense and equipped to handle it. This has lovely perfume, flare and plenty of grit towards the end. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Ned Goodwin, MW
- Ned Goodwin, MW
Halliday Wine Companion
91
"A pure air of boysenberry, griotte, rhubarb and whole-bunch clove to caraway seed. A little dill, mezcal and white peppercorn, too, seeping across the astringent seams. Yet the fruit is dense and equipped to handle it. This has lovely perfume, flare and plenty of grit at the back end."
- Ned Goodwin, MW
- Ned Goodwin, MW