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Region
Yarra Valley, De Bortoli Estate Grown

Appearance
Vibrant red with garnet hues.

Bouquet
Elegant Pinot Noir fruit aroma with red currants, cherry and raspberry with subtle spice and forest floor.

Palate
Medium bodied but building weight across the palate. Richly textured, long and fine with gentle but obvious tannin.

Vintage Conditions
The 2009 – 2010 growing season saw our earliest budburst for some time. Timely rainfall in early summer gave the vineyard some relief from a dry winter and spring. Conditions for ripening were ideal with warm days and cool nights. The fruit was hand picked in the cool of the morning.

Winemaking
Fruit is sourced from from four estate vineyards planted in 1971, 1987, 1990, 1994 and 2002. Vines are cane pruned to 25 buds per vine and shoot thinned at the 10-15cm stage so that there are no more than18 bunches per vine. The vines are hand picked into 8kg buckets and transported to the winery. The fruit is then hand sorted and destemmed to 6 tonne open fermenters. Fermentation proceeds naturally with ambient yeast from the vineyard and winery. After 21 days maceration and fermentation, the wine is carefully drained to tank and allowed to rest for 24 hours. The clear wine was then racked via gravity to French oak casks for 10 months.

Wine Analysis
Alc/Vol: 13.0 %   pH: 3.69   TA: 6.2 g/L

Cellaring
Will continue to develop complexity and interest for up to 10 years if stored in a good cellar.

Suggested Cuisine
Try with Quails wrapped in bacon or Duck with lentils.

General Characteristics
Dry     Medium Bodied