Schubert Pinot Noir Block B 2017

Fruity aromas of blackcurrant, dark cherries and plums are unfolding from the glass, combined with hints of dried herbs. Marvellously complex and seductive with a beautiful, smooth texture but firm structure with very ripe fruit, minerals, subtle leafiness and rosewood. The supporting role of the oak intensifies the underlying dark chocolate and toasty characters.

Within Marion's Vineyard you'll find Block B, planted in 1999. Like all of Schubert's sites, vines here are farmed organically and densely planted. The differentiator with Block B is its exclusive Dijon clonal selections: 115, 667, 777, 114 and 113. Soils are free-draining with alluvial loam over old river gravels.

Classic Burgundian winemaking. Grapes are hand-harvested, 100% de-stemmed, cold macerated and fermented in stainless steel tanks with very gentle 'pigeage'. Left on skins for a period of 3 weeks then lightly pressed.

45% new and 55% used French oak barriques for 18 months prior to bottling.