Lofty Valley Wines Steeped Pinot Noir (2017)
750mL / Adelaide Hills, SA / Australia
Tasting Notes:
What a delicious and delicate Pinot Noir. Rare seasonal conditions have yielded a remarkable vintage.
Perfumed with violets & rosewater, the aromatics lift right out of the glass. Delightfully different.
The noise is supported by gentle, balanced tannins. Soft on the mouth and cherry kisses on the palate.
Truly a wine for the romantics.
A lighter style but this does not detract!
Technical Details:
Vine Age Planted in 2007
Clones 777 114 115 MV6 13 BE Picked April 8
Hand Picked, bunch sorted as placed in picking bin in vineyard approx. 4 tons picked, 2 acre vineyard.
2-3 days cold soak, wild yeast, 33% whole bunch, the rest destemmed and all fermented in open tank.
Total time on skins approx 12 days
25% new French oak, 25% 1yo French oak, 50% 3-5yo French Oak
Picked April 8 bottled Feb2 in oak Apr- Jan
Winemaker P Leske
About Lofty Valley Wines:
Single vineyard, small batch wines crafted from premium estate fruit, grown close to the highest point in the Adelaide Hills between Mt Lofty and Ashton.
Lofty Valley's core focus is to produce small batch premium cool climate wines with attention to detail in the vineyard, minimalist intervention with processing and thorough tailored oak treatment in the winery.
Small plantings of the two classics, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are made into four table wines and a vintage sparkling, representative of the best and the most outstanding parcels of fruit that are picked at different stages from each section of the Lofty Valley vineyard.