Rippon Pinot Noir ‘Lolo’s Block’ Mature Vine 2019

Fruit Handling: Picked by hand into small, 10kg cases allowing the fruit to arrive at the winery’s sorting table undamaged and intact. Picked and fermented separately in 10, 2-tonne stainless-steel fermenters. 36% whole cluster component.

Fermentation: Each parcel is fermented and matured apart before blending. The winery’s resident yeast population (non-inoculated) started fermenting on the 6^thday of cuvaison. The ferments reached maximum temperatures of 16 – 31 Celsius.

Total time of skin contact : 18 days

Barrel management: 10 months of new (17%) to 4 year old French oak barrels. The malolactic fermentation went through unaided (non-inoculated) in springtime; it was then racked back into barrel and allowed a second winter in neutral barrels before being run directly into bottle without filtering or fining.

Total time in barrel: 18 months

Bottling date: 15th August 2022

Ph 3.59 , T.A 5.7g/l, Alc13.8% ,R.S <2g/l

RIPPON PINOT NOIR CENTRAL OTAGO LOLO’S 2019
This is an incredible new wine with very refined tannins that spread across the
palate and melt into the wine to give a unique mouthfeel. It’s full-bodied yet agile
and weightless. Bark and strawberry. Drinkable and very deep. Sophisticated.
Tiny production. From glacial marine soil with a hint of schist. Only 105 cases.
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