Johner Estate

Pinot Noir Lime Hill Vineyard 2017

New Zealand, Wairarapa

Pinot Noir

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Description

Tasting note by Raymond Chan: Nose is finely packed with well-concentrated and elegantly deep, fragrant red berry fruit aromas entwined with red florals in an amalgam of aromatic fresh herbs, whole bunch stalk perfumes, nutty and spicy oak, which add to the interest. Medium-bodied, the palate has an elegant heart, a rounded core of fragrant red berry fruit entwined with lifted red florals and aromatic fresh herbs, with nuances of whole bunch stalk and nutty oak. Palate is supported by delicate tannin extraction, and background lacy acidity. Carries to a long finish of red fruits and herbs.

Tasting Notes

18 Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

Even, light ruby-red colour with some garnet on the rim. The nose is finely packed with well-concentrated and elegantly deep, fragrant red berry fruit aromas entwined with red florals in an amalgam of aromatic fresh herbs, whole bunch stalk perfumes, nutty and spicy oak, which add to the interest. Medium-bodied, the palate has an elegant heart with a rounded core of fragrant red berry fruit entwined with lifted red florals and aromatic fresh herbs, along with nuances of whole bunch stalk and nutty oak. The palate is supported by delicate, supple tannin extraction, and background lacy acidity. The wine carries to a long finish of red fruits and herbs. This is an elegant, cooler-spectrum Pinot Noir with attractive red berry and floral fruit, herb, nutty and stalk detail on a finely extracted supple palate. Serve with tuna, salmon and poultry and pork over the next 3-4 years. Clone 5, 115, 667, 777 Abel and 10/5, fermented to 13.0% alc., with 10.5% whole bunches, the wine on skins for 2 weeks and aged 12 months in 25% new French oak.

Raymond Chan

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Alcohol

13.0%

Analytical data

dry

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Vinification

Skin contact fermentation with some whole bunches for 3 weeks followed by a maturation in new oak barrels for 12 months.

Vineyard: Lime Hill Vineyard

Lime Hill Vineyard is a very special location in the Wairarapa Valley in New Zealand. It is situated on a hill east of Masterton, facing west at an optimal altitude with a wonderful panorama over the valley. The terroir consists of a heavy, clayey soil full of limestone

Maturation

A great wine with great potential for the future. Especially because of the low yields and this special soil, the wine appears very firm and closed in its youth. With a few years of maturation it opens up more and more.