Tasting Notes for Babich Family Estates Headwaters Organic Pinot Noir 2019 from the Winery

Black cherry and olive aromas. Violet notes and a touch of cedar and liquorice.
Smooth and dense entry displaying dark fruits, morello cherry and plum, and nutmeg that persists through onto the lingering finish. Savoury dried herb and leather elements are also present.

Winemaker Notes

The fruit was harvested from our organic certified Headwaters Vineyard near Renwick in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley. The grapes were crushed into open top vats, held cold for seven days then fermented with a selection of yeast, 22% wild. A two week period on skins followed. The wine was then moved to oak barriques to undergo malolactic fermentation and to mature.

Food Pairing

This organic Pinot Noir wine would go well with wild game or salmon.

Babich

Family Estates Organic Pinot Noir is a prime example of the benefits of organic viticulture on wine style. Hailing from our organic Headwaters Vineyard, this wine has been sustainably crafted with a range of traditional and innovative winemaking techniques to deliver one of the finest organic Pinot Noirs that New Zealand has produced to date.

Technical Notes

Alcohol 13.0%

TA 5.4g/L

pH 3.62

Residual sugar Dry

Wine Information

Grape Varieties Pinot Noir

Region Marlborough

Sub region Wairau Valley

Vineyard/s Headwaters

Clonal Selection Olive block: 667-25%; 114-35%; 777-18%, Gallery Block (young clonal mix): 22%

Harvest method Machine

Harvest date 7 th & 11th March

Harvest Analysis Olive: Brix 25.3; pH3.70; TA6.4g/L Gallery: Brix 23.8; pH 3.54; TA 6.3g/L

Processing Machine harvested - destemmed in vineyard. Seven days cold soaking prior to ferment. Fermentation vessel Open top vats

Fermentation 22% wild ferment balance inoculated - four weeks on skins in total.

Malolactic Yes, in barrels

Maturation 10 months in barrel

Fining Pea Protein

Filtration Yes

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(SKU: BA_Pin_CV)