Tasting Notes for Temple Bruer Preservative Free Pinot Noir 2024 from the Winery

Step into the warmth of a crackling bonfire, the soft hum of conversation, and the gentle clinking of glasses. Worries seem to melt away in the embrace of cosy clove and vanilla. Tomorrow can wait. 

Palate: Strawberry, cranberry, raspberry, and plum integrated with notes of cardamom and clove.

Nose: Fresh red berry fruits and floral notes, with hints of vanilla, dried rosemary, and thyme.

Food Pairing: Miso chicken with mushrooms or miso corn ribs (V).

Peak Drinking: Drink now or cellar up to 5 years

Vintage Notes

The quality of fruit from the 2024 vintage was exceptional. Mild summer temperatures with some good rain events in spring has lead to a vintage with whites having lovely varietal characters and natural acidity, and the red wines are rich, complex, and aromatic. Harvest started at Temple Bruer on the 23rd of January and concluded on the 3rd of April, with 44 individual parcels through the winery during this time.

Vineyard

The early ripening of Pinot Noir makes it an ideal variety to not only make this wine without sulphur dioxide, but to also be grown organically. Our 2024 Pinot Noir is multiregional, with the fruit mainly being grown in Eden Valley, McLaren Vale, and the Riverland, which we believe provides the wine with complexity and freshness.

Winemaking/Vinification

At our warmer sites of McLaren vale and the Riverland, the Pinot Noir was picked in early February and not until April at our cooler sites. The parcels were picked, de-stemmed and then fermented separately for an average of two weeks. A cool and long fermentation enhanced the fresh fruit character of this wine. Malolactic fermentation was completed with French oak prior to bottling in June 2024. No sulphur dioxide was added at any stage.

Technical Details

ABV: 13.0 %
pH: 3.49
TA: 5.62
RS: 0.1 g/L
Free S02: 0ppm
Total S02: 0 ppm

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Location: Riverland 84%, McLaren Vale 7%, Eden Valley 7%, Langhorne Creek 2%

(SKU: TB_PIN_CV)