Ataraxia Pinot Noir 2018
£26.95 incl. VAT
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Ataraxia Pinot Noir 2018 has an intriguing luminous hue that reflects rather than absorbs light. A compellingly seductive bouquet offers up a fine blend of aromas of red cherries, pomegranate, delicate forest floor and a hint of spice and new oak. On the palate the wine is sensual and embracing, with a captivating mid-palate depth, lovely transparency and excellent focus on the suavely tannic finish. A wine that seeks to ask questions of one’s palate, promising simultaneously to engage one in reflective conversation and company.
Grapes were hand-picked into small crates and then sorted, destemmed and gently crushed at the cellar. A 10-day pre-fermentation cold soak period in open fermenters was followed by temperature-controlled ferment, peaking at 28°C for a total cuvaison of 22 days. The cap
was gently punched down twice a day during alcoholic fermentation. The wine was then pressed and racked to carefully-selected French oak barrels, 21% of which were new an where 100% malolactic fermentation occurred. Then aged in barrels for 10 months before
being bottled.
Alcohol = 13.05 vol %
Res Sugar = 2.38 g/l
Total Acidity = 5.46 g/l
pH = 3.43
Barrel Ageing = 10 months in 225L French oak barrels Wood Age = New 21%
Cases: 1252 x 12 Bottled: January 2019
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