2006 Bronte Pinot Noir

Winemaker’s Notes

Harvest date                    30 March – 27 April 2006

Sugars at harvest              24.2 – 26.2 Brix

Bottling date                    23 March 2005

Cases produced                 836

Alcohol                             13.9%

pH                                   3.7

T/A                                  6.7 gm/litre

100% fruit from the Rimu Grove Estate Vineyard.

Mix of seven clones: 10/5, UCD 5 & 6, 114, 115, 667, 777.

Barrel-aged in French oak for 11 months (20% new oak).

Grapes were picked by hand and cold-soaked for 5 days.

Wine was fermented in small open-top fermentation vats and

hand-plunged 3 times daily.

Tasting Notes:

Sweet ripe red fruit (blackberries and bing cherries), brambly, showing hints of floral aromas (roses and violets).  Fresh and lively with concentrated sweet ripe fruity flavours. Well-integrated oak finished with fine-grained tannins that linger on the palate.