Corofin Wrekin Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Accolades:
94/100 – James Suckling
95/100 – Jamie Goode, Wine Anorak (2022 vintage)
95/100 – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front (2022 vintage)
94/100 – Stephen Wong MW (2022 vintage)

“Very minerally and tense, this offers vibrant red berries, orange peel, iodine and hints of seashells on the nose. The medium- to full-bodied, smooth and almost weightless palate is tense and mouthwatering, offering fine tannins and persistent acidity. Focused and fresh. Drink or hold.” – James Suckling

Tasting Note: Darker with density and frame. Layered and beautifully expressive of its place. The Wrekin occupies its own small locality tucked into the foothills of Marlborough’s Southern Valleys. Farmed bio-dynamically by Jeremy Hyland, together with owners Jan and Andrew Johns, it is fast becoming a site of significance on the region’s vineyard landscape. North to nor-east orientated on rolling foothills, The Wrekin’s clay soils, which are laid over greywacke parent rock, contribute hugely to the singularity of the wines made from this site.

Winemaking Notes: Hand-harvested 16th March 2023 into 1/2 ton bins. Yield: 35 hL/ha. Completely (100%) destemmed to two, one-tonne open tops. Ten percent of fruit in bottom of tanks foot crushed, with remainder as whole berries on top. During ferment, the fermenting juice was poured back over the cap once a day to maintain freshness and to facilitate gentle extraction. Post-fermentation the young wine was pressed after 20 days on skins, then settled and transferred to seasoned (second and third-year) French oak barrels. The wine remained in barrel for 14 months on original lees, undergoing a natural malolactic ferment during this period. Late April 2024 the wine was moved to tank, sulphured and remained in tank for a further nine months prior to being hand bottled in February 2025. Bottled un fined and unfiltered. A small natural deposit may occur.Sealed with cork.

Certification: Organic

Alcohol: 13.0%

Variety: Pinot Noir

Region: Marlborough, New Zealand