Ten Minutes By Tractor 'Up The Hill' Estate Pinot Noir 2021

With a La Niña weather pattern controlling the season, the wet spring and start to the summer delayed bud burst and flowering. Below average temperatures and rainfall over summer allowed the grapes to ripen slowly but evenly, resulting in great concentration of flavour and good natural acidity.

The fruit for the 2021 Up The Hill Pinot Noir was hand-picked and hand-sorted. Predominantly de-stemmed (some whole bunch used in separate parcels). Cold soaked for 4-5 days. Wild yeast fermentation in a mixture of concrete and stainless steel fermenters with an average of 14 days on skins. The wine was then pressed to tank and racked to barrel keeping all the individual parcels separate. Aged in a combination of old and new puncheons and barriques before bottling.