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2015 Burn Cottage Valli Vineyard Pinot Noir
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One of Burn Cottage's dear friends in Central Otago is Grant Taylor, the former winemaker of Gibbston Valley Vineyards and proprietor of Valli Vineyards, one of the great Central Otago producers. Over the course of several months in 2013 Burn Cottage and Valli decided it would be fun to swap grapes from each other’s estate vineyard and make the wines. This is the third year of this collaboration. There's arguably no finer vineyard in the Gibbston region than Grant’s; the professionalism, care and love which go into the management of this site are exemplary.
The vines have an average age of 16 years, planted to a density of 4050 vines/Ha. The Pinot Noir clones are UCD5, UCD6, Dijon 115 and Dijon 777. Pinot Noir grapes (clones UCD5, UCD6, Dijon 115 and Dijon 777) were harvested by hand on 20th April 2015 with an average Brix of 22.4. The ferment contained 23% whole clusters and the fruit spent an average of 17 days in the fermenter. Matured in Damy barrels, with 25% new oak. Alcohol 13%; pH 3.75; TA 4g/L.
May, 2018
The Real Review
96 points
Made from grapes grown on 16-year-old vines on Valli's Gibbston Vineyard and fermented using 25% whole cluster. Quite a dense, powerful Pinot Noir, with impressive fruit purity and a taut and lingering finish. Bright red cherry, violet, anise, new leather and fresh herb flavours. A high energy wine with a perfectly pitched balance of sweet fruit, acidity and fine peppery tannins. Delicious now but will age well.
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