Josef Chromy Pinot Noir 2018

Description

Fine tannin structure, long creamy dark chocolate palate with hints of sour cherry. Oak gives the wine a good structure and poise to finish. White pepper savoury cinnamon spice and subtle oak. Refreshing acidity is followed by a long finish

Vinification

100% Tasmanian Pinot Noir sourced from our Estate Vineyard at Relbia, northern Tasmania.

Winemaking: Hand-picked Pinot Noir is gently destemmed and placed in small batch open top fermenters with approximately 25% whole bunches. Early regular rémontage (pump-over) and pigéage (plunging) is used to immerse the skins and extract colour and tannin as gently as possible. After pressing, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation in French oak barriques and is matured in oak for 10 months prior to bottling.

Vineyard

Latitude 41°27’S (Launceston) Altitude 81-170 Metres Growing Season Rainfall Oct-Apr 310 Millimetres 12.2 Inches Harvest March - May Mean January Temperature 17.2 C Humidity October to April 51% Soil Type Black, alkaline, cracking clay soils & shallow, stony neutral, brown soils with friable clay form over Jurassic dolerite Climate Moderate maritime, free from extremes