Meerlust Pinot Noir 2021
A beautiful Pinot Noir, that achieves lightness as well as rich complexity, with warm summer fruit flavours, and a subtle savouriness that gives it real finesse.
Light-Bodied Red
£28.95
| Producer | Meerlust |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Region | Other |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Body / Style | Light-Bodied Red |
| Grape Blend | 100% Pinot Noir |
| Bottle Size (ml) | 750 |
| % Abv | 12.4 |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Extra Info | Complex, savoury, elegant |
| Food Pairing Guide | White and red meats, parma ham, grilled line fish, tuna, wild mushrooms and traditional cheeses. |
Meerlust Pinot Noir is a complex and savoury style of Pinot with rich red fruits and spice. The colour is an inviting translucent ruby, with perfumey aromas of berries and wild mushrooms. The summery strawberry and red cherry flavours are coupled with a savoury richness and bright acidity. The wine has layered complexity with great elegance and finesse, and the tannins give subtle structure to the finish, making for a very serious bottle of wine with all the hallmarks of great Pinot Noir.
Vegetarian, but not vegan
Selected from 3 clones of Pinot Noir with an average age of 21 years old, situated on loamy gravel topsoil with clay sub-soil.The vineyards are located at the highest point on the Estate (85-120m) with South facing aspect to benefit from the cool, maritime breeze from False Bay. 30% vendage vert (green harvesting cluster removal) at 60% veraison to ensure concentration and even ripening
About 20% whole bunch ere used in the fermentation in small stainless steel cuvees with regular pigeage for gentle extraction. Partial un-innoculated fermentation before pressing directly into French oak tight grained Hogsheads for malo-lactic fermentation. After racking, the wine was matured in 50% new Allier Hogsheads and 50% second fill Hogsheads for 11 months before bottling.
2017 was a perfect vintage for Pinot Noir on the estate, being generally cool with no rain during harvest. Grapes handpicked and selected in the coolness of morning before partial de-stemming and crushing.
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