Rochford Estate Pinot Noir 2022
RRP: $38.00
93+ Points - The Wine Front
“There’s a prettiness to this, and a power. This is impressive. Strawberries and cherries, some musk-like notes, ample woodsy spice and general leaf notes. Oak adds silk, along with a subtle smokiness. There’s a completeness to this.”
- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front 2023
Tasting Notes:
This Estate Pinot opens with a wealth of red cherry, raspberry and red plum fruits. Earthy notes with an element of dried herb and rosemary.
The palate shows a similar fruit profile, yet with nice suede tannins and spiced nuts. This wine flows well with a delicate freshness. A great year for Yarra Valley Pinot.
Winemaking Notes:
Picked between the 4th and 21st of March
Vinification & Elevage: Partially destemmed as whole berries, 10% of fruit was fermented as whole clusters. On skins for 2 weeks then pressed to French oak (10% new) for malolatic conversion, aged in oak for 10 months on lees prior to bottling.
Viticultural Notes:
The fruit for this Pinot Noir comes from vineyards in Gruyere (MV6, 114, 115), Coldstream (777, MV6) and Woori Yallock (MV6).
2022 will be remembered for the tiniest yields in a decade resulting from poor flowering conditions in our parts of the Yarra Valley. The quality of the resultant wines of this vintage however are outstanding with both concentration and finess.
Varietal:
Pinot Noir 100%
Alcohol:
13.3%
Contains sulphites. Vegan wine