Spring Seed Aster Pinot Noir 2022

Vegan Suitable
Certified Organic

Winery

Spring Seed Wine Co
Region
McLaren Vale, SA
South Australia
Grapes
Pinot Noir

Fresh, bright and varietal it has red fruits on the nose and palate – think fresh strawberries. Light-medium bodied on the palate with attractive cherry and plum flavours and a hint of herbs, all balanced by light tannins.

On a hot day it is more than acceptable to put a bottle in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes before serving. Try with duck pancakes.

$22.27 in a straight case of 12

$22.86 in any 12

$24.13 in any 6

$25.40 each

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The Story

Tasting Notes for Aster Pinot Noir from the Winery

Fresh, bright and varietal it has red fruits on the nose and palate – think fresh strawberries. On a hot day it is more than acceptable to put a bottle in the fridge to chill – make sure you bring it out about 20 minutes before you want to drink it. Have with duck pancakes.

Vintage Notes

I asked Joch to give me his vintage report for 2020 and this is what I got verbatim and straight from the horse’s mouth; ‘Looked like a bastard of a year; hot and dry and then it rained in late January and early February and a cool change moved in, which continued through to February and March and these conditions finished everything off nicely. There were tiny yields and so in reality 2020 ended up only a bitch of a year, not a bastard.

Winemaking

The Spring Seed Aster Pinot is our version of a light luncheon wine a la Beaujolais – light and fresh with raspberry characters and gentle tannins. We hand pick about a third of the grapes and ferment them inside big plastic bags which we seal up and put in wooden apple crates. This makes the grapes ferment anaerobically, which helps soften the tannins so we don’t end up with a big heavy red wine. The wine spends about 6 months in older oak barrels and we bottle before the end of the year the wine was made in.

Technical Details

Spring Seed Wines are made from grapes lovingly grown in our family’s organic vineyard, located in the premium wine region of McLaren Vale, South Australia. The vineyard was established in the early 1970’s by Peter and Anthea Bosworth, and is now owned and run by their son Joch, who began the conversion to organic viticulture in 1995. The vines are fully certified ‘A’ grade organic by Australian Certified Organic, a process that takes four years and involves yearly audits and random sampling of produce.

The Spring Seed Wine labels are unashamedly inspired by vintage flower seed packets created at the turn of the last century. The colour, clarity and beauty of the original seed packets are quite remarkable. We chose three different flower images to adorn each one of our McLaren Vale wines, simply because they are quite lovely. The Aster Pinot Noir has the Aster (Callistephus chinensis), Foxglove (Digitalis pupurea) and Hollyhocks (Alcea rosea) labels.

REGION McLaren Vale SA

PRODUCER Spring Seed Wine Co.

VARIETY Pinot Noir

BOTTLE VOL 750mL

CLOSURE Screwcap

VEGAN Yes

ORGANIC Yes

(SKU: SS_PNO_CV)

The Specs

Wine Type	Red
Vintage	2022
Grapes	Pinot Noir
Region	McLaren Vale, SA
Region	South Australia
Volume	750mL
Packaging	Glass Bottle
Closure	Screwcap
Country of Origin	Australia
Alcohol %	14.0
Alcohol Level	High [14-16%]
Calories from alcohol per 100mL	78
Residual Sugar g/L	≈ 2
Sugar Level	Dry [0-4 g/L]
Sugar (g) per 100mL	less than 1
Calories from sugar per 100mL	0
Total Calories per 100mL	78
Calorie Level per 100mL	Average [70-90]
Vegan Suitable	Yes
Certified Organic	Yes