Newton Johnson Windansea Pinot Noir 2022

Dark & opulent, but also saline & savoury. A beautiful Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir (Pinot Nero)

$172.00

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Red Fruit, Black Fruit, Floral, Pepper / Spice, and Mineral, Sweet Spice and Leather / Earthy

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium +
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Cape South Coast (Hermanus, Elgin, Walker Bay & More), South Africa

Grape Varietals:
Pinot Noir (Pinot Nero)

Winemaking:
Minimal Intervention
Destemmed, Whole Bunch, Wild yeast, Malolactic Fermentation, and On Lees Ageing

Maturation: 13-18 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Roast Beef, Game, Mature & Blue Cheeses

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Claypot chicken, Braised Pig trotter, Mutton Soup

Newton Johnson Family Vineyards

Run by the family, they moved to the Upper Hemel en Aarde Valley in 1995. Famed for Pinot Noir & Chardonnay, offering some of the best examples in the world

Description

Newton Johnson Windansea Pinot Noir 2022

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Pinot Noir from the Windansea single vineyard site in Upper Hemel-En-Aarde Valley, South Africa. A duplex soil with topsoil to about 35cm deep that has coarse fragments and only 5% clay. The subsoil consists of material in different stages of weathering. 30% fine gravel and 20% coarse gravel with varying clay percentages followed by dense clay at about 70cm deep.

Taste Profile: A lavish wine with dense fruit, soft spice and violets in cooler years. The lush black and red fruits merge to a savoury core, strewn with mineral characters and freshly turned earth. The firm framework and granular tannins are rooted in the clay soil, lengthened by fine, sinewy tannins in the finish.

Winemaking Process: The fruit is partially whole cluster & partially destemmed, fermented without crushing, undergoing spontaneous fermentation fermentation. The wine is left on skins for 25 days, and undergoes malolactic fermentation. Following which, it is matured in barrel on it's lees for 11 months, before another 5 months of maturation in large oak barrels

Elegant & Structured Reds

From Barolo to Bordeaux, these wines are steeped in tradition. The style covers a broad spectrum of flavor profiles, but tend to be elegant and structured and can be cellared for a long time.

These wines often have savoury tones of earth, bell pepper, tobacco, cassis, and are often medium to full bodied, with long finish & structured palattes