Pinot Noir 'Calvert', Felton Road 2022 Bottle:1 sturdy but beautifully integrated tannins

sturdy but beautifully integrated tannins

The grapes were crushed immediately after harvest before being pressed in gentle membrane presses

Eye: brownish red when pouring

exhibiting an elegance typical of Burgundy Pinot Noirs

Soils are a combination of weathered granite

Pinot Noir 'Calvert', Felton Road 2022 Bottle:1 sturdy but beautifully integrated tannins100% Pinot Noir Sourced from a single vineyard 1km from the winery where the soils are comprised of deep heavy silts with a thin layer of loess topsoil The nature of being a gravity flow winery allows grapes to be gently destemmed without pumping Long pre fermentation soaks of 8 10 days 20% whole cluster fermentation Native yeast fermentation Punched down by hand up to 2 times per day with a total time on the skins of 22 24 days Aged for 16 months in