Pinot Noir Greywacke 2024
Vinmakarens vinerDen Pinot Noir från Greywacke är ett nyzeeländskt rödvin med granatröd färg och en rik och långvarig profil. Jäst med inhemska jäst och lagrad i 11 månader på ekfat, uttrycker den fullt ut sina fruktiga komponenter av blåbär, jordgubbe och hallon, samtidigt som den ger utrymme för de mer kryddiga inslagen av nejlika och rökiga aromer.
Greywacke Winery of Kevin Judd presents its Pinot Noir, a red wine elegant, juicy and spicy produced in the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand. In this unspoiled environmental context, characterized by a cool and very windy climate, Pinot Noir has found the ideal habitat to provide superb varietal and territorial expressions. The Judd family has been managing this winery since 2009 with meticulous attention both in the vineyard and in the cellar, also boasting organic certification.
Greywacke Pinot Noir is produced with only grapes from the eponymous variety grown on loess and clay soils, with abundant gravel presence. The vineyards are composed of a blend of clones of Pinot Noir from Burgundy and are managed according to the principles of certified organic farming. Once the manual harvest is completed, the bunches are left to cool overnight before selection, after which the grapes are largely destemmed and then crushed. The alcoholic fermentation is conducted by indigenous yeasts while the subsequent aging period is aging takes place for 11 months in French oak barrels, 30% of which are new.
To the eye, Greywacke's Marlborough Pinot Noir presents itself with a garnet red cloak. A refined olfactory profile painted by perceptions of wild strawberries, blueberries and raspberries, with notes of cloves and smoky hints in the background. Rich and balanced on the palate, where the juicy freshness is accompanied by a firm yet delicate tannic structure. A New Zealand Pinot Noir that fully embodies the characteristics that this noble Burgundian variety assumes in the cool climates of the New World.