Grape Variety :
Pinot Noir
Format : 750 mL
Degree of Alcohol : 13%
Bottles/Crate : 6
Certification : Organic
Caract. : Dry Red Wine
Inventory :
Cellier Collection
Format : 750 mL
Degree of Alcohol : 13%
Bottles/Crate : 6
Certification : Organic
Tasting :
A complex, seductive nose of wild thyme, red fruits and a blend of spicy blackberry and plum aromas. This gives way to a sumptuous, fully textured palate offering generous quantities of flavour built on an elegant, fresh and feminine structure of great strain and elegance.
Wine Pairing :
Excellent with duck, goose and game birds.
Winemaking :
- Variety : 100% Alexandra Pinot Noir
- Age of vines : 21 years old
- Type of soil: Rough schist gravel
- Yield of the vine: 1.45 kg / vine
- Irrigation: Drip irrigation when necessary
- Harvest : Harvested, selected and sorted by hand
- Fermentation : Fermentation 60% in a wooden vat and 40% in a stainless steel vat. 8 days fermentation at 8°C, followed by 9 days fermentation at 33°C for a further 8 days. Post-fermentation at 22-30°C for 25 days. Malolactic fermentation. On lees for 11 months.
- Maturation : Transferred to medium and light French oak barrels for 11 months of maturation. 12% new oak and the remainder in second and third-fill barrels. Aged in a bottle for 24 months.
- Tpe of yeast : Indigenous
- Filtation : Coarse filtration for clarification.
- Type of fining: Egg white @ 1/20th of an organic egg white per barrel
- Cellar: 12 years
- Decanting : No
See the Press Review
Vintage 2019
- James Suckling : 96 pts.
- Wine spectator : 95 pts.
Vintage 2018
- James Suckling : 96 pts.
Vintage 2017
- James Suckling : 96 pts.