2023 Coolart Rd 'E Block' Pinot Noir
2023 Coolart Rd 'E Block' Pinot Noir
Nestled mid-slope on the eastern face of our Coolart Road vineyard, ‘E block’ typically has soft silky tannins and a brooding savoury edge.
This wine shows savoury notes of charcuterie and exotic spice that weave through flavours of blood orange and dark plum. The wine's generous mid-palate richness is contained by the fine, earth-tinged tannins that frame this single block wine.
Wine Profile
| Vintage |
Other Notes
Higher than average rainfall during flowering and over the course of the season resulted in lower yields on all sites. Flavour and sugar development were prolonged, resulting in more hang time, good intensity, and drive.
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| Vineyards :: Clones |
Vineyard Notes
E Block :: MV6 (100%)
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| Harvest date :: Yield |
Harvest Date
Handpicked 20th March 2023 :: 2.0t/ha
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| Brix :: pH :: TA |
pH
13.2 Baumé :: 3.25 :: 7.28g/L
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| Winemaking |
Winemaker Notes
Handpicked and hand sorted and destemmed this fruit was fermented in a concrete fermenter.
A cold soak for 5 days before wild yeast fermentation with 19 days on skins. The wine was then pressed to tank and racked to barrel keeping before undergoing natural malolactic fermentation. Aged in a combination of old and new barriques.
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| Winemakers |
Production
February 2024 :: screwcap
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| Aging :: Oak |
Aging
11 months in French oak barriques :: 16% new oak
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| Residual sugar |
Residual Sugar
Dry (0.0 g/l)
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| Finished pH :: TA |
Acid
3.68 :: 5.4g/L
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| Alcohol % |
Alcohol %
13.0
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| Production | |
| Tasting Notes |
Tasting Notes
Nestled mid-slope on the eastern face of our Coolart Road vineyard, ‘E block’ typically has soft silky tannins and a brooding savoury edge.
This wine shows savoury notes of charcuterie and exotic spice that weave through flavours of blood orange and dark plum. The wine's generous mid-palate richness is contained by the fine, earth-tinged tannins that frame this single block wine.
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| Food :: Temperature |
Food Pairing Notes
Chargrilled quail with baked figs and prosciutto :: Serve 14-17°C.
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| Best drinking |
Bottling Date
2025 – 2039
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