Kelly Washington Pinot Noir 2019

Made with a lighter touch and expressing the more feminine, delicate nature of our beloved variety, Pinot Noir. A wholly transparent Pinot Noir that exudes the heady perfume that defines the subregion of Gibbston. Crushed herbs combine with dark cherry and notes of fragrant violets and berry fruits. The palate is structured yet elegant and supple.

At Kelly Washington we seek the most unique and diverse parcels of high quality fruit, which we translate into our elegant and honest wines. We work with a fastidious bunch of growers who have a love for the land, and are unrelenting in their pursuit of nurturing exceptional fruit from distinguished sites. Old vines, high density planting, vineyards of altitude, farmed sustainable, organically and/or bio-dynamically are the attributes we seek from the growers we work with.

Sourced from the Monte Rosa Vineyard in Gibbston, a majestic site, sits on a gentle slope at 350m high, below the Nevis Bluff. A selection of Dijon and Clone 5, vines are 17 years old, grown on Pigburn Soils (wind blown glacial deposit over alluvial schist).

Hand harvested grapes were 80% destemmed, 20% whole bunch then commenced fermentation naturally in open top neutral oak cuvees.

A mixture of French oak barrels and puncheons – 20% new, and the balance neutral barrels. All tight grain, medium toast for the new proportion. Aged for 10 months.