Pinot Noir 2001

Felton Road, tasting note (feltonroad.com – produktside feltonroad.com, hentet 2026-10-19): 2001 Felton Road Pinot Noir – område: Bannockburn (Central Otago); drue: Pinot Noir. Producentens noter (engelsk): Vintage & vinification: Warm and sunny weather in December ensured a fast and even flowering and very uniform fruit set. This was followed by dry, settled weather throughout the ripening period resulting in excellent fruit quality at harvest. Fully ripe grapes were carefully hand harvested during early April. The unique gravity flow winery enabled the grapes to be gently destemmed directly into open-top fermenters without pumping. Traditional fermentation with a moderately long maceration on skins has extracted good colour and tannin with considerable depth of flavour. Aged for 11 months in French oak barrels from highly regarded Burgundian coopers. Bouquet Palate Sweet cherry and plum aromas are overlaid by savoury herbal notes and warm toasty oak. The bright fruit flavours are complimented by the firm finely grained tannins. A wine approachable in its youth, but with cellaring potential of up to six years and possibly beyond.