Hidden Bench Estate Pinot Noir 2018
Grape Varietals & Region: 100% estate grown Pinot Noir from their Locust Lance, Felseck & Rosomel vineyards in Beamsville Bench VQA, Ontario
Taste Profile: Pouring a brilliant garnet, the nose leads with aromas of sour cherry concentrate, umeboshi plum, purple violets, and earthy forest floor. The palate is clean and fresh with flavours of sappy summer red berry fruit flavours, cinnamon hearts, brown mushrooms and savoury tomato leaf. A beautiful balance of fruit, spice, and savoury character, this wine finishes clean with classic Bench minerality.
Winemaking Process: Fermentation started naturally with indigenous yeasts and the caps were gently submerged twice daily during fermentation. At the end of fermentation, the free run wine was drained and settled in tank before barreling down by gravity or being transferred to concrete tanks. The skins were gently pressed in a traditional basket press. The wines were racked from barrel and concrete tank to be blended in early August 2022, and then the wine was settled & stored in stainless steel tanks prior to bottling. The wine is unfined and unfiltered to capture its purity.
89% French Oak, of which 22% new, 13% 2nd fill, 16% 3rd fill and 38% neutral for 10 months and 11% aged in concrete
