2017 AIRLIE BANK PINOT NOIR

‘Notes of Campari, red liquorice and boysenberry. On the palate – bright, fresh and bursting with juvenile charm’
Tim Shand, Head Winemaker

Winemaking/Tech Notes

Made with Cru Beaujolais as an inspiration.  Picked in the red fruit spectrum. Unfined,  Minimal filtration.

Vineyard: Airlie Bank

Soil type:  Sandy loam on clay base

Aspect: Northerly

Clones :  MV6,777, 115

Yeast:  Indigenous, RC212

Whole Bunch: 20%

Oak:  10% old French hogsheads, 90% tank maturation

Racked: September 2016

Bottled:  10^th October 2017  Alcohol: 13%