Montalto Pinot Noir 2022

Mornington Peninsula

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Classically red-fruited, raspberry, cherry, and cranberry combine with blood
orange, rose petal, spice, earth, pink peppercorn, fresh herbs, forest floor, and
some oak-inspired coee grind notes, making for a wonderfully aromatic and
complex aroma profile. A core of quenching juicy red fruit gives way to a
savoury line showing just a subtle character of cured meat or charcuterie.
There’s minerality in this wine too and a fine polished tannin, which carries the
length of the palate. Moreish acidity gives purpose, brightness, and a long
expressive finish.

Simon Black, Chief Winemaker

WINEMAKING NOTES

Hand harvested grapes were sorted before gently destemming into 2 tonne open fermenters and allowed to soak for between 3 and 7 days prior to the onset of wild fermentation. Ferment temperatures were allowed to peak at 32 degrees Celsius. A post ferment maceration of 4 to 7 days followed before pressing. The wine was lightly racked to French oak barriques and puncheons (26% new) for natural malolactic fermentation and 11 months maturation.

WINE SPECS

Harvest Date: 11th, 21st, & 23rd March 2022

Alcohol: 13.5%

Acidity: 6.23 g/L

pH: 3.46

Cases Produced:948 dozen