Sonnet Noir

from $48.00

100% Pinot Noir.

Raupo Vineyard, Marlborough.

Size:

100% Pinot Noir.

Raupo Vineyard, Marlborough.

A collaboration between Mike & Harrison Eaton.

Sonnet Blanc - definition: a poem expressive of a singular idea

Vinification: 50% Whole bunch fermentation in open top fermenters  - No added enzymes, SO2 or yeasts. Wild natural fermentation, over 7-10 days with gentle pat down and extended maceration out to 28 days with only wetting the cap. After being pressed it was transferred to barrel for Malolactic fermentation, SO2 was added post Malo. It then spent 9 months in Damy and Tonnellerie de Mercurey 3yr Air-dried barrels of Medium long toast. Assembled and transferred to tank for settling, where it naturally settled for 2 months to allow bottling unfiltered.

Un-fined and unfiltered.