Family Vineyards Pinot Noir 2023

Newton Johnson, fact sheet (newtonjohnson.com – linket fra newtonjohnson.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2023 Newton Johnson Family Vineyards Pinot Noir – område: Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley; druer: Pinot Noir; alkohol 13.4%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Background: The Family Vineyards Pinot Noir is the archetype of our farm, having evolved from the vineyard sites with the most repute and refinement. Through the years every aspect of these vineyards has been detailed an d fine-tuned so as to illustrate their authenticity and is the embodiment of our relationship with this farm. Each vineyard has developed signature attributes, providing us with further insight into the complexity, texture and subtle variation in each of these vineyards’ wines. They all lie mid - slope in duplex soil with restrained vigour. Various expanses of iron rich clay allow retention of enough water and nutrients to safeguard the vines from any stress. Highest of all near the winery the clay is shallow and the gravel fragments larger, articulating into wines with darkened fruit and sturdy backbone. Following t he slope below these vineyards , the soil is deeper and finer in texture, where t he roots search for the clay. The wines here appear with more red fruit and opulence. This wine represents the soil of the entire farm. The fine -textured Granite soil translates into a delicately structured wine, every bit as intense as P inot Noir at its authentic best: Seductive, soft handed and persistent. Location & climate: These vineyards lie in the most favourable soil structures of porphyritic Granite on the mid slope, ranging from 220 to 290m in altitude, in the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. This appellation ranges from 4 to 8 km in proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The climate is cool and temperate, where parallel mountain ranges channel the southerly oceangoing winds through the appellation during the summer. These southerly winds in turn cre ate regular sea mists and overcast conditions, moderating the temperatures in the valley. The annual rain fall is 850mm, with 50% falling in the winter months (May – August). Vintage: Growing Season & Harvesting The growing season was preceded by a fairly marginal Winter for vine dormancy. June saw some good rainfall throughout, followed by drier and mild periods in July that presumably caused some uneven budding in the Chardonnay. A colder August retained the dormancy in the vineyards to a timely budbreak in the 2 n d week of September. A drier, windy and quite cool Spring resulted in slow growth in the vine canopy until December when some heat and good rains brought a late flush of vegetal growth. […]