Corofin Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022
$45.00 inc. GST
Accolades:
95/100 – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front (2021 vintage)
95/100 – Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak (2021 vintage)
92/100 – Stephen Wong MW (2021 vintage)
Tasting Note: Sensual; red fruited and savoury with fine acid tannin balance. A reflection of a longer growing season, which delivered great physiological ripeness. The 2022 growing season marked the end of a string of drought-like seasons in Marlborough. Abundant rain over the winter of 2021 continued into spring but with above average temperatures. A warmer, drier November and December promoted good flowering and fruit set across all varieties, followed by a warm settled period with above average temperatures through January. Ripeness across all varieties tracked well ahead of average with solid yields across the region. February saw a change to easterly weather pattern and, intermittent rain which continued through the key harvest period from early-March to mid-April.
Winemaking Notes: Source Blocks: Wrekin (Brancott Valley) 45%; Settlement (Omaka Valley) 45%, Churton (Waihpai Valley) 10%. Harvested: Settlement, March 17th; Wrekin, March 19th; Churton, March 29th. A longer growing season promoting great physiological ripeness. Grapes were hand-picked into ½ ton bins and transported to the winery. Fruit for all batches was sorted and de-stemmed into tank then sealed for five days at ambient temperature. Piegage was then employed, resulting in spontaneous rapid fermentation, lasting 8 to 10 days. During ferment, juice was poured back over the cap daily to maintain freshness and to facilitate gentle extraction. Post-fermentation the young wines were pressed, after a total of 19 days on skins for Wrekin, 20 days for Settlement, and 22 days for Churton. The young wines were then settled and transferred separately in respective batches to seasoned (second and third year) French oak barrels. The wines remained in barrel for 13 months on original lees, undergoing a natural malolactic ferment during this period. Late April 2023 the wines were moved into tank, sulphured and remained there for 5 months prior to being racked and assembled in October 2023 for bottling in November 2023. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. A small natural deposit may occur.
Certification: Organic
Alcohol: 13.0%
Variety: Pinot Noir
Region: Marlborough, New Zealand
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