Bouldevines Pinot Noir
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2006
750 ml
Red
Still Wine
New Zealand
Pinot noir
D.O.
12.6 %
0-5 g/l
A sweet, soft and charming Pinot Noir. This delicious wine has strawberry and red cherry with restrained spicy oak. An early drinking pinot, that will age with grace.
Pinot Noir
The premium producing area of Marlborough - Dog Point Road - produces consistently quality fruit ripened to perfection on the rich alluvial gravels of the Omaka River flats. Grown on vertical trellised established vines, the canopy captures every ray of available sunshine, with the added bonus of the warmth of the stones to assist in ripening. The vineyard management is second to none, displaying with the experience of the owners who have been in the business since the late 1970's on this property.
Our first release Pinot Noir was grown on selectively thinned hooped canes, and 3 cane horizontal wires from a single block within the estate. The fruit was handpicked at optimum flavours, destemmed, and fermented in small batches. The ferment was hand plunged four times a day, and allowed to maceratefor 10 days. The resulting wine was then lightly pressed directly to barrel and matured on lees for 8 months, during which time Malo-lactic fermentation was completed. After settling, the wine was left in French oak barriques toage before bottling.