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Baillieu Pinot Noir
We’re so thrilled that the sought after Baillieu Pinot Noir has returned. Tildy the farm dog no longer sits on the label, instead it’s the rooster, who spends his days keeping an eye on all things happening at the farm is.
The warmth & sunshine of this exclusive site produces pinot noir of exceptional quality, even in cooler vintages like 2021.
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VARIETY
Pinot Noir
REGION
Mornington Peninsula
HARVESTED
17th & 18th March 2019
PLANTED
1998
ALCOHOL
13% Vol
COLOUR
Medium ruby.
BOUQUET
Aromas of raspberry and glazed cherries.
WINEMAKER
Geraldine McFaul at Willow Creek vineyard
PALATE
A delicate wine displaying bright red fruits & savoury elements. The mid palate shows hints of cedar spice & cherries, rounding out with elegant persistence.
VINTAGE
Rain events did create moderate disease pressure during the growing season but were often followed by prolonged periods of mild & dry weather so there was little disease occurrence. Temperatures were generally higher than moderate with higher-than-average low temperatures but no hot weather & certainly no heat waves. We meandered through harvest at a gentle pace.
WINEMAKING
The warmth & sunshine of this site produces pinot noir of exceptional quality, even in a very cool vintage like 2021. The fruit was destemmed & commenced fermentation naturally after four days’ cool maceration. A further two weeks was spent on skins prior to pressing to barrel for malolactic fermentation & maturation. Racked once in Spring and bottled in December 2021.
