Trentham Estate Pinot Noir 2023 (Murray Darling)

Pinot Noir makes some of the most famous wines in the world, but is a challenging variety; temperamental in the vineyard and needs nurturing in the winery. Picked from our best vineyard, the grapes ripened slowly and evenly to result in great fruit quality

The 2023 vintage was another great season following the ideal 2021 & 2022. The season featured warm, mild weather which was ideal for the vineyards, but the harvest was delayed by two weeks due to cool weather. The vintage has produced beautiful wines with lifted aromatic whites and deep coloured, full flavoured reds.

The grapes were de-stemmed and pumped through a chiller into the fermentation vessel at 5˚C and cold soaked for 36 hours before yeast was added. Cold soaking is a winemaking technique used to increase the red berry characters in the wine. After the addition of yeast, the wine was fermented on skins for 5 days before pressing out. A portion of the wine was matured in French oak before blending and bottling.