Pinot Noir - 2017 - Ivan et Margaret Sutherland

100% Pinot Noir, from vines farmed organically and drawn from six plantations of different clones, the oldest of which dates back to 1983. Yields are kept down to 35 hl/ha, and grapes are harvested by hand, with strict sorting of the bunches. Vinification: 75% destemmed grapes are fermented with indigenous yeasts in small open-topped stainless steel vats, without any punching down of the cap or pumping over. A three-week maceration is followed by pressing and 18 months of maturation in French oak barrels, with 35% new oak. Neither fined nor filtered, and sensible use of sulphites.