Noa Pinot Noir - 2012 - Michael Seresin

100% Pinot Noir from vines farmed biodynamically in the Marlborough appellation, and planted on alluvial soils of fine silt and gravel. The Noa vineyard is located right next to the Seresin winery. Yields are strictly controlled – the vines are cultivated in such a way as to produce only one bottle per vine. The grapes are harvested by hand, with strict sorting of the bunches, total destemming, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, daily punching of the cap, two weeks of post-fermentation maceration, gentle pressing, and 15 months of maturation in barrels, with 30% new oak. Neither fined nor filtered, with moderate use of sulphites. Bottled on the 17th of January, 2014.