Saint Clair Vicar's Choice Pinot Noir 2017

Colour: Garnet red. Aroma: Aromas of fresh ripe fruit, blackcurrants and warm toast. Palate: A fruit driven and approachable style with black fruits, blackberry, cherries and crushed thyme. Fine grained tannins create a silky mouthfeel and the finish is clean and lingering.

At the winery each batch (or vineyard) was held cold for five days prior to fermentation to help with colour and flavour extraction. The juice was then inoculated with yeast for the primary alcoholic fermentation and hand plunged up to eight times daily during the height of fermentation. When dry each batch was pressed to tank, settled and then racked off gross lees to either stainless steel tanks with seasoned French oak or older French barrels. The wine underwent 100 per cent malolactic fermentation before being blended, fined, lightly filtered and gently prepared for bottling.