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ON GIANTS’ SHOULDERS PINOT NOIR – THE COLLABORATOR 2018
ON GIANTS’ SHOULDERS PINOT NOIR – THE COLLABORATOR 2018
$59.00
A blend of four clones, Abel, 828, UCD5 and AM10/5, the fruit was hand-harvested in mid-March by Ben, Jillian and a small crew of friends and family. The fruit was hand-sorted in the winery, with 27% whole clusters included in the fermenter. Fermentation started spontaneously after a number of days of cool soak, before inoculation midway through ferment. Extraction was exceedingly gently, with the wine being pressed after 19 days in skins. Pressed to three barrels; one of which was new, the wine aged for 12 months in French oak. Blended in March 2019, the wine rested for six months, after which it was given a light fining and filtration prior to bottling in September 20
