Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2022 spirits Malolactic fermentation is carefully avoided

Malolactic fermentation is carefully avoided in order to preserve all the natural fruit aromas of the wine and to allow the wines to undergo longer ageing

This wine also contains almost 10% de-classified Grand Cru fruit from vines around 30 years old in the great Rosacker vineyard

while savory dried mint and eucalyptus notes play on the lasting finish

further lessening the wine’s already minimal wood influence

Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2022 spirits Malolactic fermentation is carefully avoidedBiodynamic. Like the Chardonnay vineyards, Pyramid Valleys Waikari Pinot Noir sites were planted in 2000 at 11,111 vines per hectare on slopes with clay limestone soils. Earth Smoke is an expansive slope that faces east and is situated southwest of Lions Tooth and north of its sibling Pinot Noir site, Angel Flower. The soils are richer than Angel Flower, described by Steve Smith as strong and beautifully structuredtheres a high proportion of clay