Home Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Prophet's Rock, produktside (produktets data er for årgang 2023) (prophetsrock.co.nz, hentet 2026-10-19): 2023 Prophet's Rock Home Vineyard Pinot Noir – område: Central Otago; druer: Pinot Noir. Enkeltmark ifølge producenten: Home Vineyard. sub-region: Bendigo, Central Otago; vineyard-site: Home Vineyard; clones-rootstock: 114, 115, 667, 777, Abel, Cl.5, Cl6. Rootstock 3309.; soil-type-description: Clay and pedogenic lime, some schist and quartz in the profile. Ancient glacial terrace, high-elevation, steep, northerly aspect; farming-certifications: BioGro Organic Certified since January 2018 Producentens tekst (engelsk): Since the first release in 2005, this wine has been sourced exclusively from our small Home Vineyard site up in the hills of Bendigo sub-region, Central Otago. The vineyard sits on a high elevation (320 – 390m), steep glacial terrace high above the valley floor. The site features some of the oldest vineyard soils in the valley with the formation of the terrace occurring approximately 650K years ago. The soil age and dry Central Otago climate have combined to create the unusual clay and pedogenic lime soil structure. Beneath layers of clay at a depth of 50-80cm sits a thick layer of chalk. The 7.5ha site was prepared and planted between 1999-2001 and features 7 clones of Pinot Noir and 0.5ha of Pinot Gris. Full organic certification (Biogro) was completed prior to the 2018 vintage. A strong focus on viticulture is the foundation of the winemaking approach. Yields are consistently managed to 30-35hl/ha or approximately 4ton/ha. The handpicked fruit is destemmed and fermented using only indigenous ‘wild’ yeast. A key feature of our vinification is extremely low extraction, all our small open top tanks are only hand-plunged once during fermentation. The wine then spends 17 months in barrel (35% new) and undergoes indigenous malolactic fermentation. The wine is bottled unfiltered under Diam cork. Mild finish to winter, stable spring with no frost. Regular rainfall through November, fruit set in December when the weather was warm and dry. January and February were warm and very dry until late February when the weather cooled. March was mild but not hot, with only five days reaching 25degC early in the month. From the middle of March until the end of harvest in April, the weather remained stable allowing us the flexibility to pick on flavour and ripeness. The grapes held good acidity, and the resulting wines have a great balance of freshness along with ripe flavours and good structure. In 2023 the Home Vineyard Pinot Noir displays its characteristic depth and complexity. Deep aromatics that lead with spice and violets lead to a palate with classic fine tannin, juicy bramble fruits and an extremely long finish. This site reveals itself with time in the glass and is a fantastic wine for long term cellaring. Our winemaking aims to be an exercise in understanding and translating our stunning sites into wine as accurately as possible with a minimum of winery signature.