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2021 Ben Haines One for the Loves Pinot Noir

$84.00
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Style

This is moody, fragrant, evocative Pinot Noir from the scrubby wilderness of Steels Creek in the northern reaches of the Yarra Valley. So much beauty and prettiness unfurling in the glass from such a wild and unsuspecting place. A charming juxtaposition, yielding an attractive expression of detailed berry and cherry fruit, deep spice, fresh herbal twists and warm autumn/truffle tones. Tannins are fine and savoury, and the acidity is soft and elegant, with a sour-cherry tang. This is an ethereal Pinot, humming with an inherent flavour intensity that has allowed for such a light touch and a long future. 

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Winemaking Notes

Harvested from a distinct selection of the “west” block of the Nine One Six vineyard. Gentle handling was the theme. Three separate natural ferments of varying treatments; i) 100% whole bunch, lightly treaded for complexity and structure ii) carbonic maceration for perfume and fruit/spice iii) 100% de-stemmed for fruit purity and silky tannin. After varying periods on skins ranging from 10 days to 5 weeks, each parcel was pressed to neutral puncheon and barrique barrels for maturation on gross lees for 20 months. Carefully racked directly off of lees to bottle with a small amount of sulphur in November 2022. Released May 2023. 

Origin

Nine One Six Vineyard, Steels Creek, Yarra Valley
Grey loam topsoil over yellow and grey clay
Undulating, gently east-facing
Mixed clones, predominantly MV6

Ingredients

Grapes
Old barrique barrels
Indigenous yeast
Indigenous lactic acid bacteria
Minimal sulphites

Artwork

Eleanor Rieniets, Australia

Eleanor Rieniets is a visual artist whose practice embraces a cross disciplinary approach to mark making, arrangement and experimental exhibition display. Her work speculates on how people and objects exist in spaces around us.

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