Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 Astrolabe

A bright deep garnet appearance. The bouquet is ripe dark and red cherry, brambly fruits, spice and leather, with a hint of smoky oak. The palate is full-bodied wine with round, mouth-filling flavours. The oak integrates nicely with the fruit and the silky and linear tannin structure.

Handpicked fruit is de-stemmed and cold soaked for five days, then fermented at warm temperature with wild yeast, in small open-top vats. Traditional submerging of the ‘cap’ by hand plunging was followed by a light pressing. The pinot noir was then aged in French oak barriques for 10 months.