Highfield Wines

Tasting Note: Mill Stream Pinot Noir 2007

This is a single vineyard, sustainably grown wine, crafted from the very best grapes from the oldest vines surrounding Highfield. The grapes were hand picked, hand sorted on a sorting table and hand plunged throughout ferment. 15 months in new French oak barriques has created a well structured, age-worthy Pinot Noir. The wine comes in a one or three bottle wooden box with a certificate. Sales of this wine go towards the Mill Stream project which supports the planting of native flora along the stream and encourages biodiversity.

Sensory Notes:

Colour: Dark red
Aroma: Liquorice spice and allsorts lollies. Cherry, strawberry, raspberry and ripe fruit with hints of smoky oak
Palate: Sweet fruit on front palate with firm structure and rounded mouthfeel

Awards

5 stars, Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2010

Technical Notes

Fermentation: New French oak barriques
Variety: Pinot Noir 100%
Alcohol: 15%
Total acidity: 5.5g/l
pH: 3.63
Residual sugar: 2.4g/l
Harvest dates: 28 March 2007 – 14 April 2007
Bottling dates: September 2008

Cellaring Potential

Excellent on release or cellar with confidence into 2014

Food Suggestions

Sensational with slow cooked lamb shanks