Blank Canvas Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

The story of Blank Canvas is entwined with that of husband and wife team, Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson MW. Having completed over fifty back-to-back vintages in both New Zealand and Europe as an award-winning winemaking consultant, Matt, together with Sophie, decided to create and build a wine brand together, with their first vintage in 2013. Blank Canvas embodies their own expression of art-meets-science with single-vineyard, small batch wines that push boundaries and challenge winemaking orthodoxies.

They work with nine exceptional, sustainable single vineyards, selected because of their suitability for the variety they're nurturing, with the right soil, microclimate and quality. This site-specific approach allows each vineyard to serve as a ""blank canvas,"" enabling the creation of distinctive wines that reflect their unique terroirs.

Grapes were hand-harvested from the 1 hectare parcel, planted in 2009. 50% of the fruit was tipped into the into the tank fermenter with the balance crushed over the top. Natural fermentation took 15 days to complete, after which the wine was pressed to barrel where it completed natural malolactic fermentation. The oak was 100% French oak barriques, of low toast level (35%) for 12 months, with a further 3 months in tank to naturally settle. Bottling was without filtration.