2007 'Sun & Moon' Pinot Noir

VINEYARD: 80% of the fruit comes from the steep hill block of our clay rich hillside Raupo Creek vineyard, the remaining
20% comes from the lower terraces of the Home Vineyard, which is made up of a variety of Waimakariri type
soils of alluvial origin. Each vine is thinned to carry one bunch per shoot or less. In the best vintages the best
portions are selected to make the Sun and Moon Pinot Noir.

CLONE: 115

VINIFICATION: The fruit was hand-sorted before being de-stemmed and cooled, after a pre-fermentation soaking period the juice was allowed to warm and fermentation started with wild yeast. During fermentation the caps were hand-plunged daily. The wine was then left to sit on skins for two weeks for post ferment maceration; a total of three and a half weeks was spent in contact with the skins. It was then drained and lightly pressed before natural malolactic fermentation during 11 months maturing in French oak. The best portions were selected and blended before being transferred to one aged barrique and a new oak puncheon for six months to allow the flavours to integrate. The Sun & Moon Pinot Noir was bottled unfiltered and without fining.

The finished wine has an alcohol of 14.5 percent, pH of 3.64, and 7.57g/L titratable acid.

WINEMAKER'S NOTES: The nose exhibits aromas of black cherry, and plums, layered over malt and smoky savoury notes. The youthful tannins provide a structure for rich and succulent fruit weight, creating a balance between power and elegance.

CELLARING POTENTIAL: This wine has the potential to improve over the next five to ten years.

"94 Points.
The majestic 2007 Sun and Moon Pinot Noir is very pure and lifted on the nose with dark plum, cassis, a touch of liquorices and mulberry. Very good definition again. The palate is full-bodied, very good weight and structure, this is certainly the -knock your socks off- Pinot that Seresin have threatened. Great balance, superb acidity, pure plum, bilberry and blueberry flavors streaming through with great poise on the finish. Such energy and brio!"
Neal Martin, The Wine Advocate #184, September 2009

This wine is only available in a Seresin Pinot Pack. Please email info@seresin.co.nz if you have any enquiries.

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