2002 Yering Farm Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes:
Lifted fruit aromas of strawberry and quince with malty oak and some wet straw complexity. Soft, elegant palate with even flavour and great balance, light yet classy.

Viticulture:
The 2002 vintage produced excellent quality Pinot Noir, very low yield and extended ripening period combined to give fruit with intense flavour. Selected parcels of fruit were hand picked and harvested over 10 days to capture a broader spectrum of flavour from the single Pinot clone, MV6.

Winemaking:
Gently crushed in open tanks, cold maceration followed by frequent plunging of the cap by hand, extracted a rich colour during fermentation. Matured for 15 months in French oak barriques.

Winemaker: Alan Johns
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.54
Acidity: 6.4

Bronze Medal 2005 International Cool Climate Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2004 Southern Victorian Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2004 Royal Melbourne Wine Show
Bronze Medal 2003 Royal Melbourne Wine Show
4 Stars Winestate September/October 2003
3 Stars Winestate September/October 2004
88 out of 100 James Halliday's 2005 Wine Companion

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