Mr Riggs Valerie Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2023

The Woodside vineyard, where the fruit for this wine is sourced, is a cool climate vineyard planted in a heavy clay. Due to the cooler vintage, the fruit was picked in late April, in the early hours of the morning to help maintain natural acidity. The grapes were crushed directly into open fermenters, with 15% kept as whole bunch to add texture and complexity as well as a little bit of tannin weight. The wine was fermented over an 8 day period and then pressed directly to a mixture of French barriques and puncheons with 20% being new oak. Maturation period was 6 months, after which the wine was packed up to tank and rested for 3 weeks prior to bottling in December.