Blue Water Bay Pinot Noir
TASTING NOTE:
Ripe cherries, raspberry and strawberry aromas with subtle hints of spice and earthiness. On the palate, it offers fruitiness and elegance, with silky tannins and a long satisfying finish.
SERVE WITH:
Smoked salmon, roasted pork with lingonberry sauce or wild mushroom risotto.
APPEARANCE:
Medium red colour with a bright red hue.
ANALYSIS:
Alc: | 14.85 % vol | TA: | 5.6 g/L |
RS: | 3.1 g/L | pH: | 3.43 |
WINEMAKER: Heidi Dietstein
ORIGIN:
Coastal Region
TERROIR / SOIL:
The weathered granite soils, good water retention, and medium fertility contribute to low yields and ripe fruit flavours. Planted in 2015, the vineyards were nurtured with drip irrigation and trained on a Lyre system. They are influenced by cool south-west and south-east winds throughout the season, with a proximity of 5 km from False Bay.
WINEMAKING:
The grapes were hand-harvested, de-stemmed and fermented in stainless-steel tanks for colour extraction and fruit preservation. Fermentation was completed in 15 days, followed by racking to third-fill barrels to continue malolactic fermentation. The wine underwent 14 months of maturation in exclusively 300L third-fill French-oak barrels.