This Pinot Noir Trio includes 1x bottles of THE HERD Pinot Noir 2023, 1x bottle of CHURTON Pinot Noir 2023 and 1x bottles of THE WREKIN Pinot Noir 2022.
THE HERD | Pinot Noir 2023
The grapes were gravity fed into open top fermenters with a total of 20% whole bunch inclusion. The inoculation occurred with yeast from 'The Herd' block. The skins were gently pumped over and punched down once a day during the peak of fermentation. The total time on skins was 25 days before being gently pressed and drained into 4 years old French oak where the wine aged for 16 months. In spring, malolactic fermentation occurred naturally.
CHURTON | Pinot Noir 2023
The Pinot Noir grapes for this wine come from a single block at Churton Vineyard, clone 777. The fruit was handpicked and gravity fed into open top fermenters with 20% whole bunch inclusion. The juice was inoculatued with yeast from Churton Vineyard. The skins were gently pumped over twice a day. The total time on skins was 28 days before being gently pressed off and matured in French old oak for 16 months. The wine went through 100% malolactic fermentation in early spring before blending and bottling.
THE WREKIN | Pinot Noir 2022
The fruit was hand-picked at 3 different dates to ensure optimum ripeness across the different Pinot Noir clones (667, 777, 115,114, Abel). The grapes were destemmed and gravity fed into open-top fermenters. The juice was inoculated with yeast from ‘The Wrekin’ vineyard. During fermentation a mix of gentle hand plunging, and pump overs occurred. After 18 days on skins the wine was gently pressed and transferred to French oak, where it aged for 14 months. The wine went through 100% malolactic fermentation in early spring before blending and bottling.
