2023 Dexter Pinot Noir.
In the glass, the results are intensely concentrated fruit flavours and fine velvet tannins.
Dark cherry, blueberry, and blackberry flavours dominate, backed up by savoury herbal characters.
Fine grain tannins and a well-defined structure carry the fruit sweetness well with great length and support the vintage.
Dexter Wines is part of The Real Review 2024 TOP WINERIES OF AUSTRALIA.
Each clone on our single vineyard site was picked separately when they individually reached optimal ripeness.
Hand-picked fruit was destemmed without crushing and elevated into small open fermenters.
The whole berry must was left to cold soak for 2-3 days before beginning fermentation.
Fermentation temperatures peaked at around 32°C and during fermentation the cap was plunged up to 2 times per day.
After fermentation was complete, the must was gently pressed and transferred into French Oak puncheons (21% new, 14% second use, 21% third use and 43% older) where MLF occurred before winter.
The wine matured in oak on lees before being bottled in late December 2023.
