Walker Bay Pinot Noir 2024

Newton Johnson, fact sheet (newtonjohnson.com – linket fra newtonjohnson.com, hentet 2026-10-18): 2024 Newton Johnson Walker Bay Pinot Noir – område: Walker Bay; druer: Pinot Noir; alkohol 13.4%. Producentens noter (engelsk): Background: Our Walker Bay Pinot Noir is the shadow of our best vineyards , bearing perhaps not the same gravitas, but a level of quality and personality that distinguishes the Hemel -en-Aarde and its surrounds. It is a wine made from younger vines, vineyards on the lower slopes, and other engaging sites in the vicinity. Farming these vineyards has guided us in terms of their individual strengths and limitations. The younger vines are from vineyards that could in time provide the best quality of all , however at this stage they are more preoccupied with a flirtatious, fruit assertive character with more complexity to come. The vineyards on the lower slopes grow with a little more vigour as their accessibility to water and nutrients in the soil becomes easier. Depth of flavour accumulates as you move up the slope with the cool, superior conditions of our area playing the common thread between all the vineyards. Location & climate: The main vineyard contingent s to this wine lie mostly on the south -facing, mid slopes, but includes lower parcels from the northern slope, in the porphyritic Granite soils of the Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley and the Bokkeveld Shale soils of the Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. These a ppellation s range from 4 to 8 km in proximity to the Atla ntic Ocean . The clima te is cool and tempera te, where para llel mounta in ra nges cha nnel the southerly oceangoing winds through the appella tion during the summer. These southerly winds in turn crea te regular sea mists and overca st conditions , modera ting the temperatures in t he va lley. The a nnua l ra inf a ll is 850mm, with 50% f a lling in the winter months (Ma y – August). Vintage: Growing Season & Harvesting The peerless 2024 vintage has a close resemblance to a warmer 2017, characterised by its flawless ripening conditions, bringing depth to the wines without being overbearing. The most important precursor was having a decent and uninterrupted winter, seeing ample rain early on and the lowest average temperature since the winter of 2016. Ideal dormancy e nsures good fertility in the vines and even budding come springtime. Budding was fairly early due to the early winter, with the first Pinot Noir vineyard starting on 22 August and the last starting on 4 September (Sandford ’s cooler southern slope). […]