Crows Lane Estate – Pinot Noir

Single Vineyard

A beautiful, long, hot summer in 2020 enabled the grapes to fully ripen on the vine, resulting in the intensity of flavour and body. Harvested between the 8th and 17th of October, using Spätburgunder still wine clones Fr1801 and F105(s), each clone underwent its own specific protocol. Small batch fermentations were undertaken with manual pigéage, every 8 hours, to gently maximise the extraction of colour, flavour, and structure. After fermentation, the wine was left to macerate for 10 days before racking and light debourbage, for 24 hours to retain some fine lees. The wine was then transferred to 225 litre French, and one American, oak barriques for 100% malolactic fermentation and ageing. Aged for 18 months in a barrel, the wine has no fining to retain the delicate nuances of the fruit and oak. It demonstrates forward primary fruit character synonymous with young vines which will develop in intensity and potential even further with time.