Peter Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015 (T)

Peter Yealands Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2015 (T)Intensely perfumed with lifted savoury notes interlaced with dark fruits. The tannins are soft and silky, layered with plush, ripe fruit. Food Match: Enjoy with red meats such as venison or slow roasted leg of lamb. The low yielding Pinot Noir blocks were harvested at optimum ripeness. All clones were harvested and made separately. The parcels were cold macerated at 6 8 degrees for around five days before being warmed and inoculated with selected

Intensely perfumed with lifted savoury notes interlaced with dark fruits. The tannins are soft and silky, layered with plush, ripe fruit.

Food Match: Enjoy with red meats such as venison or slow roasted leg of lamb.

The low yielding Pinot Noir blocks were harvested at optimum ripeness. All clones were harvested and made separately. The parcels were cold macerated at 6 – 8 degrees for around five days before being warmed and inoculated with selected yeasts. A fast, hot fermentation proceeded with regular and gentle mixing of the juice over the skins, which has helped to craft a wine with elegance and balance. The parcels were gently pressed off after fermentation. A portion went to a mixture of new and older French oak barriques to undergo malolactic fermentation and to age. Post malolactic and aging the wine was blended and gently filtered prior to bottling.

2015 was an incredibly smooth harvest which commenced around a week earlier than expected. This was due to the consistently dry, warm weather we enjoyed all summer in Marlborough, as well as the lighter crop from the cooler weather over the flowering period. The whole growing season was incredibly dry with the region only receiving around 40% of its annual rainfall, putting pressure on the water supply within the region. Fortunately, all our vineyards came through the season very well with no impact on quality due to the low soil moisture levels experienced This Pinot Noir was harvested from two of our vineyards in the Awatere Valley; Seaview Vineyard and Willow Flat. The fruit was in excellent condition and the resulting wine is showing lifted fruit flavours in the red berry spectrum balanced with earthy savoury notes, vibrancy, purity and structure.