Scotchmans Hill Pinot Noir vintage_2019

Scotchmans Hill Pinot Noir vintage_2019Producer De stemmed to small fermenters with the inclusion of 15% whole bunches and cold soaked for 5 days. Wild ferment at 28 degrees for 7 days. Pressed to barrel for a wild malolactic fermentation. Racked and bottled in June 2019. Oak Use: Matured in new to 4 year old French barriques for 12 months. Tasting Note Complex bouquet displaying perfume scents of violets, raspberries and plum fruits with spice, earthy notes and cedar oak. The palate is

roughly one-third new (in recent vintages 10% of the wine has been raised in low-toast Caucasus oak

It doesn't sound like it should work

A great allround red

The fermenting vats actually smell and taste that way

Mark Walpole tends the cold

release the heat stored up by the pebbles during the day

all made honestly without the use of additions

Sourced from the Estate vineyards on the Bellarine Peninsula

yet light and full of energy

Belbrae Esate draws inspiration from the iconic coastline

as well as a vegetable garden

It's superbly balanced with freshness and verve