Neudorf Vineyards

"Extremely pretty."

Jancis Robinson MW

2023

Tom's Block Moutere Pinot Noir

Tom's Block Moutere Pinot Noir

Alluring / Spiced Fruit / Violets

$40.00 NZD
$40.00 NZD
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Organically Certified BioGro 5438 | Moutere Clay Gravels | Low Cropping | Hand Harvested | Wild Ferment | Natural Spring Malo | Barrel Matured | Unfined | Vegan | Solar Powered Winery

Match With

This wine is generous without ever being overt which makes it the ultimate food wine. BBQ’d venison, wild mushroom risotto, a hunk of parmesan or a rare but personal favourite - beef tallow brownies.

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Jancis Robinson MW

Wine Details

The joy of Pinot Noir is its consistent evolution. Working with newer clones has changed the shape of material at hand for winemaker Todd Stevens. As these additions to the Pinot vineyards settle down, we see a more fragrant, more supple wine in our glass.

This wine is what Neudorf Pinot is all about.

Cocoa powder tannins are interwoven with notes of summer berries, warm spices and seductive leather. Tom’s natural “Moutereness” offers a sophisticated restraint, keeping this lush and moreish wine beautifully balanced.

Thoughtful use of oak frames this Pinot brilliantly without commanding the experience, leading into a long, velvet finish.

Vineyard

Site: Neudorf Tom’s Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson

Aspect: 60m - 70m Elveation, North Facing

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels

Soil Composition: Clay Loam, with small pebbles in upper horizon.

Vineyard Established: 1991

Farming: Dry Farmed, Organic (Biogro: #5438)

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Clonal Selection: 777, 5, 667, 115, Abel

Hand Harvested: 100%

Seasonal Detail: A dry start to the season followed by a wetter than normal November. A welcome change to early summer and autumn where we experienced drier and warmer months (December – April). Minor rain events ensured canopies stayed “refreshed” before a trouble-free harvest period. A generous season producing wines of volume and precision.

Winemaking

Harvest: 17th - 27th March 2023

Processing: Fruit chilled, sorted and destemmed.

Fermentation: 100% Wild Yeast

Fermentation Vessel: 100% open top fermentation – peak temperature of 32 C

Cap Management: Hand plunge (pigeage) 2 times daily

Oak Management: 100% French Oak - 20% new

Maturation: 10 months in oak then racked and blended.

Malolactic: 100% natural spring malo

Fining: None Filtration: None Vegan: Yes

Bottling Analysis: 13.5% Alc, 3.83 pH, 5.3 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g

The joy of Pinot Noir is its consistent evolution. Working with newer clones has changed the shape of material at hand for winemaker Todd Stevens. As these additions to the Pinot vineyards settle down, we see a more fragrant, more supple wine in our glass.

This wine is what Neudorf Pinot is all about.

Cocoa powder tannins are interwoven with notes of summer berries, warm spices and seductive leather. Tom’s natural “Moutereness” offers a sophisticated restraint, keeping this lush and moreish wine beautifully balanced.

Thoughtful use of oak frames this Pinot brilliantly without commanding the experience, leading into a long, velvet finish.

Site: Neudorf Tom’s Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson

Aspect: 60m - 70m Elveation, North Facing

Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels

Soil Composition: Clay Loam, with small pebbles in upper horizon.

Vineyard Established: 1991

Farming: Dry Farmed, Organic (Biogro: #5438)

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Clonal Selection: 777, 5, 667, 115, Abel

Hand Harvested: 100%

Seasonal Detail: A dry start to the season followed by a wetter than normal November. A welcome change to early summer and autumn where we experienced drier and warmer months (December – April). Minor rain events ensured canopies stayed “refreshed” before a trouble-free harvest period. A generous season producing wines of volume and precision.

Harvest: 17th - 27th March 2023

Processing: Fruit chilled, sorted and destemmed.

Fermentation: 100% Wild Yeast

Fermentation Vessel: 100% open top fermentation – peak temperature of 32 C

Cap Management: Hand plunge (pigeage) 2 times daily

Oak Management: 100% French Oak - 20% new

Maturation: 10 months in oak then racked and blended.

Malolactic: 100% natural spring malo

Fining: None Filtration: None Vegan: Yes

Bottling Analysis: 13.5% Alc, 3.83 pH, 5.3 g/L TA, Dry

Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g

Download Tasting Notes

"A layered, vertical nose with smoky oak enclosing a core of red fruit. A whiff of something herbal. Plush and concentrated on the palate with a burst of acidity and woody tannins which wrap around the tongue. The melting coulis of fruit in the core is hidden under oak at the moment, but will be accessible in a year or two. Not a wine which needs a long slumber in the cellar as it is quite generous."

Stephen Wong MW

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