Bell Hill Old Weka Pass Pinot Noir 2020

The Old Weka Pass Road Pinot Noir is a 3.5-barrel blend from select barrels of the Slope and Quarry 10/5. The handling on skins is the same as for the Bell Hill, the proportion of whole bunch was 41% and the wine had 87% new French oak. It was racked and blended after 12 months in barrel, then had 9 months in tank before bottling on the 11th of January 2022 with 3.63 pH, 5.2g/L TA, and 14% alcohol. 1,046 bottles were produced.

Lifted spice, bramble and berry notes, some sage and whole bunch complexity, sweet fruited elegant wine, salivating, complex palate lift with a fine mineral and tannin profile giving shape and definition to the wine. Lovely and accessible, beguiling with inner depth and a finely poised finish. Winemaker’s notes.