2009 Madeleine Pinot Noir

This fine reserve wine has a perfumed nose of blackcurrant and cedar wood. It has a deep peaty flavour, liquorice, black fruit and a long and generous dark chocolate finish. An intense and elegant wine, with round , ample structure and silky , fine tannins.
Technical Analysis
Location: 45 degrees South
Low cropping estate grown grapes for this wine were hand harvested in April·2009 from Aurum’s Te Wairere vineyard·in the Lowburn area of Central Otago.
Climate: 2009 was a very warm season and fruit reached optimum ripeness.
Soils: windblown sands and silts.
Vine age: 9 year old vines on VSP trellis.
Winemaker’s comments: This Reserve Pinot Noir is only made in exceptionnal years. The wine was matured for 20 months in french oak barrels. Will reward by cellaring 5-10 years.
Alcohol: 14.5%
Madeleine is the name of the second born daughter of our winemakers, Brook and Lucie Lawrence.

****1/2 Stars Cuisine Magazine

'Pure scents akin to jasmine, rosemary and thyme give way to a powerful, fleshy mouthfull alive with clean fruit' Cuisine Magazine November 2011