2021 Josh Cooper Doug's Vineyard Pinot Noir

Doug’s vineyard is situated near the township of Romsey, a cool site sitting at 500m above sea level, facing north and north east on red rocky volcanic soil. Which produces fruit with bright intensity and with relatively low yields, maximising concentration of fruit. 

After picking, the whole lot was transferred as whole clusters to an open fermenter and allowed to stay there until fermentation commenced, then some gentle pour overs and plunging began. The wine was then pressed after three weeks to  a mixture of old and new oak to stay on lees for a year. Followed by a few final months in stainless steel before bottling. This wine is unfined and unfiltered and a small amount of sulphur was added at bottling. 

.“..black raspberry and maraschino cherry depth complexed by the typical exotic spice of Doug’s Vineyard. Structured by abundant silky tannin and fresh acidity. One of the most powerful vintages of this wine to date, though also one most well defined, owing to the cool, late season. As a young wine it will greatly reward time in the glass or decanter.” -Joshua Cooper