2023 Rare Hare O'Leary Pinot Noir

The O’Leary Pinot Noir is LL Vineyard’s single block Pinot Noir. The original planting from 1989 of the very low yielding, high quality MV6 clone. The coolest block of pinot noir produces the fruit with the greatest depth of flavour and finest structure.  2023 was a cool, dry vintage producing the first O’Leary bottling in four years.

The hand harvested fruit was fermented in a small, open fermenter – 100% as whole bunches – with minimal physical maceration of the cap. The total maceration time was around 23 days. The wine was racked in late winter 2023 and returned to older barrels for further maturation until bottling in March 2024.