Westhaven Pinot Noir, The Reserve Collection

Description :

Vineyards: Westhaven Vineyard, Awatere Valley, Marlborough.
The Westhaven Vineyard is situated in the Dashwood Pass near the entrance to the Awatere Valley. The soils of this north-facing slope consist of rich clays. This low cropping vineyard is pruned to two canes and is planted in the four classic Dijon clones 115, 114, 667, and 777.
Winemaking: This wine is a six-barrel selection of the best barrels out of the premium handpicked batches from the Westhaven Vineyard. Fermented with 15% whole bunches and two clones (clone 667 and clone 777) were used in equal proportions in the final blend. Two new barrels were picked to give 33% new oak. The wine was matured for 15 months in barrel, before being racked to tank, settled, and bottled without fining or filtration.