Greystone Pinot Noir 2018

A Pinot Noir with generous richness and flavour concentration. Layers of ripe fruit, floral and spice with a gentle tannin line. Unfined and bottled on site.

Calcareous Clay soil, altitude is 100m above sea level,climate is the dry and windy North Canterbury region

Vines were planted in 2004 with 5000 vines per ha, cane pruned and in organic conversion

Our approach is simple and traditional. After careful hand picking and sorting each batch of Pinot Noir was allowed to soak on skins at ambient temperatures before going through wild fermentation. We gently hand plunged each vat daily before pressing to French oak barriques after one month maceration. Each barrel goes through a natural malo-lactic fermentation the following Summer, before blending.

11 months in barrel