Sapling Yard Pinot Noir

Grapes lovingly grown by Juliet Cullen at her Excelsior Peak Vineyard in Tumbarumba, situated at 630m above sea level on granite, sandy, loam soils.

Mixture of whole bunch 30 % and crushed grapes it then went through a wild ferment. Once fermentation had started it was plunged 3 times a day until near the end of ferment when it was pressed and racked to hogsheads (French barrels), matured in 1 and 2 year old oak barriques. In barrel for 10 months before being bottled, unfiltered.