$123.50
This cuvée is sourced from the original 1983 plantings of Pinot Noir (all MV6 Clone). Only a few seperate bottling of this have been available since 2010, 2013, 2015 & 2020 formerly known as OB Terroir, it was time to simplify its identity to Original Block (as its the original block). Only one barrel has been kept seperate, meaning there’s only a mere 22 dozen produced of this wine produced. A reasonable cropping season with exceptional depth, freshness, red fruits. Organically farmed, Harvested on the 1/4/22, All destemmed & fermented in open concrete, indigenous yeasts, pump overs once a day, basket pressed12/04/2022, 12 months in barriques, sulphur added post malo in November, racked from barrels in late march 2023 no fining or filtering, bottled on 3/10/23. A small amount of sulphur post malo & pre bottling, unfined, unfiltered & untinkered.
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Campbell Mattinson
This wine brings both silk and an engaging freshness to the table. It also brings cedar-sawdust characters, which play well with tangy red cherry and cranberry flavours. Tannin is fine-grained, but it’s the joyousness of this wine that gets you well and truly over the line. 94 points