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Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2022 - Geelong
Alc: 12.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Bottle size: 750ml
Closure: Screw cap
Bottle size: 750ml
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$95.00: as part of any six
$110.00: single bottle
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**Unfortunately this beautiful Pinot Noir sold out many months ago. Please get in to hear about next years release**
Our Serré (a French word meaning “tightly packed”) features Pinot Noir grown at Serré Vineyard using close-planting, low trellising and narrow rows to replicate the tough vineyard conditions of Grand Cru Burgundy, naturally yielding at 500g/vine. This block may be the oldest close-planted vineyard outside Europe. It certainly is the best of our Pinot Noir sites: uniform, focused, powerful and fragrant, every year. It will continue to develop and drink well for another ten to 15 years or more.
Wild fermentation. (20% whole bunch).
Pressed to tank, settled overnight before 12 months in French oak hogsheads (20% new).
Spring malo-lactic fermentation, then racked to tank prior to bottling March 2018.
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James Halliday Wine Companion
Close-planted MV6 planted in '84 and '86, vinified separately, one batch whole bunch, the other destemmed, pressed to French hogsheads (20% new), matured for 12 months before blending. The perfumed bouquet of red berries, rose petals and spice leads into a wondrously fine and elegant palate. It is the product of many things, including the great southern Vic '17 vintage.
James Halliday
Producers notes
Bannockburn Vineyards was established by Stuart Hooper in 1974. His vision was to create a vineyard which would produce Australian wine of a quality to emulate the great wines of France, in particular the great Burgundies. Stuart Hooper had a purist, uncompromising approach to quality grape growing and winemaking. He had a strong belief in making wines, which genuinely reflect the flavours of the vineyard.
Bannockburn Vineyards remains in the Hooper family and its founders philosophy remains as the cornerstone behind all they do at Bannockburn today. All Bannockburn wines are produced from estate-grown fruit off their 27 hectares of vines. Situated on 3 separate sites, the vineyard soil profile ranges from black brown volcanic loam to dense clay sitting on a limestone base, and are generally of low fertility. The first vineyard was planted in 1974 with subsequent plantings during the early 1980’s, making them among the oldest in the Geelong region.
At Bannockburn Vineyards they believe their vineyards are what make the wines unique and provide a true point of difference. Since 2005, Michael Glover has been making the wines with great diligence and passion. “...everything we do is done with thought and care and without compromising on quality.” Organic practice, a belief in dry-grown viticulture, vine age and close planting combine with wild ferments, use of whole bunches, extended maceration times, extended lees contact and a fastidious barrel selection process combine to make wines that are exciting, unique and clearly identifiable as “Bannockburn”.
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