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Woollaston Pinot Noir
Winery information: Woollaston was formed in 2000 by Philip and Chan Woollaston and Glen and Renee Schaeffer. And opened their estate-of-the-art winery in 2006. The winery is fully gravity-fed and eco-friendly. Woollaston has 75 ha of vineyards in two distinct sub-regions. Their Moutere vineyards, Mahana and Kelling Road, are primarily planted with Pinot Noir and their "White" vineyard, Burke's Bank, is situated on the Waimea plains and is home to their Sauvignon, a little Riesling and Pinot Gris.
Viticulture: The vines were pruned to 2 cane vertical shoot position. Shoot thinning was performed by hand shortly after budburst. The vines were leaf plucked at flowering. Crop thinning was performed at veraison, and in general resulted in vines carrying no more than 1.5 kg of fruit.
Vinification: Hand harvested between the last week of March and the first week of April. The grapes were gently destemmed into the fermenter where they spent up to 20
days during fermentation. The wine was rached to French barrels (25% new) for maturation over 10 months. The individual blend componentswere then racked to a blending tank for fining and finishing before being bottled.
Tasting Note: Red plum and black cherry marry with subtle oak spice to give a layered, complex aroma. An elegant, integrated palate with harmonious red plum and cherry woven into fine grained, minerally tannins which yield to a lingering finish.
Woollaston Pinot Noir
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