2024 Pfeiffer Pinot Noir

$35.00

Our gnarly old Pinot Noir vines were bought to Australia in the 1830’s as a part of the Busby Collection and were planted in the Seppelt Arrawatta vineyard.  Cuttings from these vines were planted in our Sunday Creek Vineyard in 1961 and the vines on our property are now considered to be some of the very last Grand Cru Pre-Phylloxera vines in the world.

Availability

New Vintage Release

Vintage

2024

Seal

A screw cap been used on our 2024 Pinot Noir to maximise its flavour and freshness and to elimate the chances of cork taint.

Cellar

Enjoy now until 2034.

Vegan Friendly

Vegan NO | Vegetarian YES

Yeast

RC212 – A yeast selected specifically for the production of Pinot Noir.

Allergens

Contains Sulphites and Egg

Technical Details

Res. Sugar 0.66 g/L
pH 3.40
TA 5.93 g/L
Alcohol 14.1% v/v

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Fruit Sourcing

North East Victoria

Harvest Date

February 2024

The 2024 vintage will be remembered for its fast pace, its early timing and its quality.

While all the forecasts predicted a return to an El Nino weather pattern, with drier conditions expected, the growing period between September and December 2023 saw above average rainfall and cool and mild conditions. We were certainly preparing ourselves for another cool, wet and late vintage.

Veraison commenced approximately 10-14 days earlier than usual, starting in late December in our early ripening varieties. A 68mm rainfall event on Christmas Day 2023 created splitting in some of our more susceptible blocks, leading to leaf plucking and fruit thinning in order to protect the crop from disease.

Fortunately, January through to March remained dry and warm, without being excessively hot, seeing a rapid accumulation of sugar in the fruit, while also ensuring the fruit remained disease free.

Vintage commenced on the 13th February with Chardonnay harvested from our 44 year old vines from our Sunday Creek vineyard.

As we progressed through the vintage, it became clear that the quality of the reds were very strong, as well as our full bodied whites. What is most exciting however, is the quality of our fortifieds, particularly our Topaques and Muscats, which are all outstanding.

Our 2024 Pinot Noir was hand-picked, over two picking dates on the 23rd and

24th February.  Approximately ½ of the block was picked into ½ tonne bins, lined with heavy duties bin liners, to which yeast and CO2 was added before being sealed up for 25 days to undergo carbonic maceration (fermentation within the whole berry).  They were then opened, crushed by foot stalks and all, and completed their ferment as open fermenters with foot treading occurring 3 times daily.  At the end of fermentation, the wine was pressed directly into 3 year old French oak barriques for maturation on lees.

The second half of the block was harvested and destemmed into an open stainless steel fermenter to undergo a cold maceration for 2 days and fermentation as whole berries.  Fermentation was completed in 11 days, with gentle pump overs occurring twice daily.  At the end of the fermentation, the wine was pressed into a stainless steel tanks before being racked to French oak puncheons to undergo malolactic fermentation and barrel maturation.

Our 2024 Pinot Noir was matured in French oak barriques for 8 months, before blending, fining and clarification occurred prior to bottling in late December 2024.

Our 2024 Pinot Noir is crimson red in colour and has lovely aromas of raspberries, cherries and a hint of spice.  The palate is plush and rounded, with dark cherry fruit flavours that persist to a fine, long tannin finish.

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