
2020 Willow Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir
Despite a very hot early summer, the 2020 ripening period was very cool. The wines have the typical spice and fragrance of a cool season, but a length and power due to the concentration of very low crops.
The hand harvested fruit was destemmed to small open fermenters and naturally-occurring yeast completed the fermentation, with gentle cap management over three weeks to balance the tannins. The wine was pressed off to French oak barrels, 20% of which were new, for maturation, with one racking in late winter then returned to barrel until bottling preparation in February 2021.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour: medium red-purple hue.
Bouquet: Intense cherry and redcurrant aromas, framed by more savoury notes of spice, earth and subtle oak.
Palate: Spicy and red-fruited, the palate is light but satisfying with fine tannins and savoury complexity keeping the balance and providing length and intrigue.