Two Paddocks Labels
2006 Pinot Noir

A blend made from our three vineyards – Gibbston, Alexandra, and Redbank at Earnscleugh, this wine is a quintessential cool climate Pinot Noir.

Redcurrant, vanilla, hints of tobacco and black cherry aromatics are complimented with a warm richly textured palette. This wine exhibits a great depth of flavour with a strong dominant finish.

Viticultural Notes:
A warm and near frost free start to the 2006 season gave us excellent bud burst. This continued on through the summer months with warmer and drier conditions than the past two vintages giving a good crop level and even fruit quality. Autumn was very short giving the vines the time to ripen the fruit more slowly and gain those wonderful complexities of Central
Otago Pinot Noir.

Winemaking Notes:
The grapes were pressed and fermented separately according to clonal variety in stainless steel open top fermenters using indigenous yeasts. The must was cold soaked for up to ten days. During fermentation the must was plunged up to four times daily and was followed with a 7 - 10 day post maceration period. The wine spent an average of 24 days on its skins to extract tannin, colour and aromatics before being gently drained and pressed into small French barrels (225lt). Approximately 30% were new air-dried oak barrels. The wines rested and matured for 11 months before blending, minimal fining and filtration before bottling.

Viticulturalist:
Richard Flatman

Winemaker:
Dean Shaw

Point of Sale Material:

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