Nanny Goat Central Otago Pinot Noir 2023

A regional blend of fruit grown at Nanny Goat's Queensberry Vineyard alongside fruit produced by our growers throughout the Queensberry, Bendigo, Pisa, Bannockburn and Gibbston sub regions of Central Otago.

Fruit was hand-picked and predominantly de-stemmed into small 4.2T open top fermenters for a brief pre fermentation maceration before ferment was allowed to begin utilising naturally occurring yeast. A small number of ferments contained up to 40% whole bunches where stem ripeness allowed.

Ferments were managed judiciously, with a maximum of two light plunges daily at the peak of fermentation to avoid over extraction of tannin. Wines spent between 24 and 32 days on skins prior to pressing to 225L oak barrels for maturation.