SORRELL THE WREKIN PINOT NOIR 2021

100% Hand-picked gravity fed into open-top
fermenters 5-day cold soak, then inoculated from yeast from ‘The Wrekin’ vineyard. Gentle pump-overs and left-on skins for 21 days before being gently pressed off and aged for 16 months in aged French oak. In spring, the wine went through spontaneous malolactic fermentation. No juice clarification.
It was bottled without fining or filtration: six different clones, three different picking days, and only 100 cases.

AROMA

A bright perfumed Marlborough Pinot Noir from clay hill slopes. The dark berry and currant fruit are supported by bright florals of rose and violets and dried spice notes.

PALATE

The palate is succulent and complex notes of plumb alluring red cherry, brown spices, and silky fine-boned tannins with a solid backbone of acidity. This wine has all the makings of a long-lived Marlborough Pinot Noir.