2019 Mount Monument Estate Pinot Noir

Dark crimson with nose of floral blackberries, cherry, dried cranberry.

The palate is finely structured and poised with fruit tension, folding chewy flavours of black cherry, mulberry.

The mid palate is clean and unresolved.

Classy and intriguing.

Tasting notes:

• 10% whole bunch fermentation, 90% whole berries
• Cold soak for 3-4 days prior to natural ferment kicking in
• Plunged once per day and every 2nd day towards to end of ferment
• Ferment temperatures reaching max 32°C
• 18 days on skins
• Pressed to tank and allowed to settle for 24 hours then racked to barriques
• 27% new French oak
• Natural malolactic fermentation in barrique
• Racked from barriques 12 months later
• Bottled July 2020
• Dark crimson with nose of floral blackberries, cherry, dried cranberry
• The palate is finely structured and poised with fruit tension, folding chewy flavours of black cherry, mulberry
• The mid palate is clean and resolved
• Classy and intriguing