Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2016

“Five clones, 17% whole bunch, wild ferment, 27 days on skins; 20 months in French oak (32% new). Excellent hue and clarity. Glorious bouquet with a riot of spices, red fruits and forest notes; the palate has exceptional structure – the fruit/oak/tannin trilogy is perfect.”

96 points, James Halliday
Weekend Australian

“What a wine it is. A polished gem from top to toe, it flows seamlessly from the first whiff to a long lingering finish. Oozing class and charisma, fruit and oak are perfectly handled delivering a wine of opulence and respectability. Dark cherry fruit sits at the wheel with apricot kernel, plums, twiggy and forest floor characteristics synonymous with the variety dripping through its pores. There’s a tension evident which time will slowly release, but there’s a generosity too. Pour and sip slowly – a wine which ensures that time is irrelevant.”

95 points, Steve Leszczynski
Q Wine

“Fermented wild, 17% whole bunches, 32% new oak for 20 months. This will be released in September 2018. It’s a dry, measured, slightly savoury version of Curly Flat Pinot Noir. There’s volume and power to the mid palate but the characterisation is found moreso in the wine’s spicy, autumnal highlights – combined with trademark velvety texture. Undergrowth; a little. Oak; yes, but more texture than flavour. It’s a cerebral release; its best days are ahead of it.”

93+ points, Cambell Mattinson
The Wine Front

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Curly Flat Pinot Noir represents our passion as winegrowers to faithfully capture the essence of our remarkable site coupled with the unique expression that is derived from each vintage.

Bouquet Dark fruits, roasted quinces and sweet cinnamon lead, alongside an edge of fresh tobacco leaves, forming a rich, fragrant and savoury nose. Palate A concentrated energetic palate with cherries and plum characters is front and centre. A long lingering finish, awash with soft, mouth coating tannins closes the palate. Cellaring Approachable now but undoubtably one for the cellar. An easy 10, if not 15 years lay ahead.

Alcohol: 13.7%
Closure: Screw cap
Maturation: 20 months in 100% French oak (32% new).

How is this drinking now? Generous nose of black fruits with peripheral red, good spice and savoury support too, a riper style with great structure and length that’s still unwinding in bottle. Drink 2020-2029.

Harvest date	3rd - 8th of March 2016
Clones used	MV6, 114, 115, D5V12 & Maria Feldt
Rootstock	Own roots, Teleki 5C, SO4 & Kober 5bb
Vine age	16 to 24 years
Trellis	Lyre & Geneva Double Curtain
Soil type	Volcanic Basalt & Upper Ordovician

pH	3.57
Titratable acidity g/L	6.7
Malic acidity g/L	<0.05 g/L
Baume / Alcohol	13.7%

% whole bunch	17%
Yeast	Indigenous

New	32%
Second fill	27%
Third fill	41%
Maturation	20

Fining / filtration	Crossflow
Available formats	375ml, 750ml & 1.5lts

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Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2016

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