Winemakers Tasting Notes
2003 Ventifacts Block
…Initially when you first look at the wine, it has a deep red colour. A good sign for a Pinot and of what is about to come and tantalize the palete. Take a couple of moments to take in the fruit character as it will develop in the glass.
The characters are one of dark ripe cherries, some uplifting floral notes of rose petals and at the tail end a little punctuation of some white pepper - a character to date that I have found in fruit only from the Alexandra area.
On the palette the flavours of cherries come through again with a spicy bright berry flavour. The mouth feel which we should note is long and generous and coats the inside of the mouth. As we swallow, flavours continue to linger.
Come taste and toast the 2003 Drumsara Ventifacts Block Pinot Noir, our foundation vintage”
Gerry Rowland
Wine Maker
| Vines: | Pinot Noir predominantly Clone 5 |
| Harvested: | ~.25 ton/acre |
| Brix @ Harvest: | 25 |
| Alcohol: | 13.5% by Vol. |
| Acid: | 6.13 g/l |
| pH: | 3.84 |
| Yeast: | 15% Wild, 85% Rhone |
| Time on Skins: | Cold maceration 14 days, 30 days total on skins |
| Fermentation: | 100% Whole Berry, open-top fermentation, hand plunged |
| Cooperage: | 100% French oak; 40% new, 60% 1-2 years old |
| Clarification: | Lightly fined |
| Location: | 100% Drumsara, New Zealand - Central Otago |
| Cases: | 90 cases |
