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2025 'Wide Open Road' Pinot Noir

PRICE

BOTTLE
$35.00
The 2025 has a fleshy structure with a deeper core of fine silky tannins, evolving in the glass and on tasting. Power and finesse on the finish with long lingering tannin and raspberry cherry fruit.

Details

  • RegionGreat Southern, Western Australia
  • Vintage2025
  • TypeRed Wine
  • VarietyPinot Noir
  • Alcohol Volume13.5%
  • Background

    Pinot Noir is dead sexy. Enigmatic, because it requires the right vineyard sites in cooler regions and is unforgiving of sloppy viticulture. Inspiring, because it does not conform to formulaic winemaking but requires imagination as much as experience. Frustrating as the slightest mistake can have disastrous consequences. When everything comes together the resultant wines are seductive, addictive and memorable.

  • Vintage Notes

    The 2025 Wide Open Road is sourced from Mount Barker and consists of 2 “newer” clones of Pinot Noir, MV6 and 667. The vintage was a classic relatively dry and cool year with long yet even ripening, perfect for Pinot Noir. Natural acids were maintained by the colder nights

  • Winemaking

    In the winery we destemmed one batch to an open top fermenter and the second fermenter was 100% whole bunches.. The wild yeast ferments were slow and cool, hand plunged and lasted 12 days before pressing. Wild malolactic fermentation then occurred in puncheon (500L) and the wine was stored on lees (sediment) for 6 months.

  • Tasting Notes

    The 2025 Wide Open Road Pinot Noir has dark cherry, raspberry licorice and rich leaf litter/earth aromas. After a little air it opens up with more subtle floral blossom and spice (cardamom) notes. The 2025 has a fleshy structure with a deeper core of fine silky tannins, evolving in the glass and on tasting. Power and finesse on the finish with long lingering tannin and raspberry cherry fruit.

  • Food Matches

    Perfect with a Charcuterie Board

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