Tolpuddle Pinot Noir

Deeply perfumed and floral, with aromas of wild blackberries, mulberry bush, violets and wet bark. The palate is finely tuned with seamless tannins, bright acidity and a creamy texture, giving notes of dark cherries, graphite, boysenberries, spices and rose petals. High tension with a savory edge. Incredibly well balanced. — James Suckling, Jan 2025

Deeply perfumed and floral, with aromas of wild blackberries, mulberry bush, violets and wet bark. The palate is finely tuned with seamless tannins, bright acidity and a creamy texture, giving notes of dark cherries, graphite, boysenberries, spices and rose petals. High tension with a savory edge. Incredibly well balanced.” — James Suckling, Dec 2024

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Vineyard name

Tolpuddle Vineyard

Vineyard size

50 acres

Soil composition

Light Silica over Sandstone

Training method

Guyot VSP

Elevation:

132 - 198 feet

Vines/acre:

1,110 - 1,515

Yield/acre:

2.4 tons

Exposure:

Northeastern

Year vineyard planted:

1988

Harvest time:

March - April

First vintage of this wine:

2012

Bottles produced of this wine:

14,000

Maceration length:

15 - 30

Varietal composition:

100% Pinot Noir

Fermentation container:

Open-Top Stainless Steel Tanks

Length of alcoholic fermentation:

10 days

Fermentation temperature:

up to 90 °F

Maceration technique:

Cold Soak Maceration and Punchdown

Malolactic fermentation:

Yes

Size of aging container:

228L - 500L

Type of oak:

French

Length of aging before bottling:

11 months

Age of Aging Container:

New to 3 years

Length of bottle aging:

8 months

Total SO2

56

pH level:

3.66

Acidity:

5 g/L

Alcohol:

13.5 %

Total SO2

56

Residual sugar:

<0.3 g/L

The grapes were all hand-picked and fermented as a combination of whole berries and whole bunches, in open fermenters, with gentle plunging.

The wine was aged in French oak for nine months, of which about one third was new.

Tolpuddle Vineyard is an outstanding site within the Coal River Valley region. Planted in 1988 solely to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, the vineyard takes its name from the Tolpuddle Martyrs, whose “reward” for starting England’s first agrarian union was to be transportedto Tasmania as convicts.

The vineyard is on a gentle slope, north-east facing. The soil is light silica sands over sandstone, and of moderate vigour, ensuring well-balanced vines.

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