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What importer Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine...
100% Pinot NoirSourced from the Sauvage Vineyard, 5.8 hectares planted in 1999, average vine age 22 years oldSauvage Vineyard is located on the Northeast side of Felton Road at 216-220 meters ASL, where it sits between the Felton Road MacMuir Vineyard and the Mt Edward Muirkirk VineyardThe site’s low-vigor soils are comprised of lakebed/river silts, loams and quartz sands, along with quartz and schist gravels, with pockets of pedogenic lime, a unique attribute of semi-arid soilsHand-harvested and fermented for around 17 days with indigenous yeast, 7% whole clusterAged in French oak, 18% newBottled unfiltered and unfined
Details
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Grape Variety
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Vintage
2021
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Biodynamic
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Light Bodied