Clos Henri Pinot Noir 2017

Clos Henri Pinot Noir 2017 has a plush while attractively fresh nose with raspberry, tobacco and soft elegant spice. Velvety tannins harmonise with red fruits, with Christmas spice and violet bringing excellent poise and allure to the palate.

Climate: Dry maritime with warm sunny days and cool nights. Soil: Wither and Broadbridge Clays Yield: 6t/ha Vines age: 11 – 17 years old vines Ageing potential: 10-12 years from vintage Wine match: Herbed crusted lamb cutlets or chargrilled venison.

Our entire vineyard is planted in the French tradition of high density and grown on our clay soils, this Pinot has naturally dense structure, dark fruit and savoury characters. We first started dry farming in 2010 and our soils have shown their exceptional potential by stressing the vines to just the right level in order to mature fine phenolic texture and enable the roots to explore deeper the soil, thereby getting the purest expression of our terroir.

After hand picking, bunches are sorted, 20% is kept as whole cluster while the rest is destemmed before being transferred under gravity into large French oak vats with no crushing (100% whole berries). After spending one week cold soaking the berries are fermented. We are looking for light extraction through gentle pump overs at the beginning of fermentation, alternating with plunging mid fermentation. Fermentation and post ferment maceration last for three weeks. The wine is then aged for 12 months in 100% French oak barrels, 20% of which is new oak.