Churton Pinot Noir 2020
The 2021 Pinot Noir delivers an impressive wine. Incredibly perfumed with sandal wood and violets. Wild cranberry flavours with a wonderfully savoury palette and mouth-watering tannins. A fine delicate pinot noir that really shows off the best of the Churton terroir.
The fruit was sourced from Churton’s organically farmed Waihopai Valley vineyard, planted in 2000. Grapes were hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed. Fermentation occurred with indigenous yeasts present on the grape skins. The must underwent a period of maceration to extract colour, flavour, and tannins. The wine was then aged in French oak barrels, with a portion being new oak, for approximately 18 months, before it was bottled without fining and with minimal filtration to preserve its natural character.