Lake Chalice Plume Pinot Noir 2019

Appearance: Dark garnet core with a thin slightly purple tinged rim Aroma: Aromatic blueberry florals with hints of dried red currants and spices Palate: Dark and concentrated with sundried currants, wild bramble, and black cherry flavours, and a touch of olive brine. The mid palate is full bodied, round and silky with a very long finish showing spices and savoury flavours.

Fruit sourced from our founding Eyrie Vineyard in the Waihopai Valley on the southern side of the Wairau Plain.

We hand harvested the clone 667 from the block, which is one of the smallest parcels from the vineyard, and cofermented it with clone 114 as whole bunch/clusters. We kept it on skins post fermentation for a longer maceration.

A structured wine with natural balance and extremely fine tannin. It was matured in oak, mostly older French with just a touch of new. This wine received no fining and no filtration so it may have a natural sediment from its time aging in bottle. We didn’t think that Plume needed to have intervention of these winemaking practices because the quality of the fruit was so good, and we didn’t want to take away from any of that. It is also made to spend time in bottle before it is to be consumed.