Synergy Pinot Noir 2007 Magnum
Winemaker's Notes
Harvest date: 4 - 17 April 2007
Sugars at harvest: 23.2 - 25.7 Brix
Bottling date: 20 March 2009
Bottles produced 137 magnums (1.5L)
Alcohol 14.3%
pH 3.45
T/A 5.6
100% fruit from the Rimu Grove Estate Vineyard located in the Moutere Hills.
A blendof four barrels containing clones: 10/5, UCD 5, 115, 667, 777.
Barrel aged in French oak for 18 months.
Grapes were picked by hand and cold-soaked for 5 days.
Wine was fermented in small open-top fermentation vats and hand-plunged 3 times daily.
Wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered.