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Carrick2007 Pinot NoirBig, fruit filled, mineral edged, powerful wine with silk and steel textures to match its fruit presence. Drink from: 2009 to 2016 Made from:Pinot Noir Grown in: Bannockburn Closure: Screwcap
$40.45 per bottleAvRP: $44.95 All our prices include Freight and GST |
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Independent Taste Notes
Look
Deep true red.
Smell
Aromatic nose is a complexity of pure red/black fruit with a flicker of minerals.
Taste
Sweet fruit impact has a slightly 'blue' texture, and the mid palate picks this up with depth and the extra feel of tannins. Big wine has plenty of flavour to back its scale, long, tannin supported fruit and a frill of savoury/spiced oak, with a long, fading finish that is already impressive for a wine so young. Smart stuff.
Winemakers Notes
2007 Pinot Noir
Tasting Note:
A complex nose showing layers of black cherry, cinnamon and cedar. The palate is spice driven with vibrant red cherries supporting the denser more concentrated dark fruits. The weighty structure provides a solid backbone to the wine which follows through to a long cassis and cocoa finish.
Winemaking / Vinification:
The 2007 vintage was characterised by small yields with harvest beginning in the first week of April. Bunch weights were between 60-100g. The weather over the growing season was warm, however a cool December resulted in poor fruit set which lead to the lower than average bunch weights. Given the smaller yields, a warm summer, and a long mild autumn the quality of the fruit was very good and developed great flavour and intensity.
The vineyards are tended by hand allowing for careful management of the individual vines from pruning, leaf plucking, shoot-thinning right through to harvesting. The wine is fermented in small open top fermenters, and typically has a 5 day preferment cold soak, with punch downs throughout fermentation then 3 – 5 days extended maceration. About 70% of the lots rely on indigenous yeasts. In 2007 there was a minimal whole bunch component. The wine is matured for 14 months in French oak, of which about 30% is new. Malolactic fermentation was in the spring - the lots were then selected, blended, given a light filtration for clarity and bottled in June 2007.
About Carrick
Central Otago wines are fast gaining an international reputation for their quality and finesse. Our label - Carrick - is truly a label for the region : the wines demonstrate the grace, the taste, the distinctive style of Central Otago.
Carrick, a name associated with the Bannockburn region is represented on our label by the Carrick Bend knot. The knot also depicts the bringing together of the Central Otago 'terroir' and our careful viticultural and winemaking practices. Our winery looks directly out to the rugged Carrick mountain range in the west, a stunning place to taste wine and share a lunch with friends over a glass of Carrick wine.
OUR VINEYARDS
Our vineyards are all located in Bannockburn, on the Cairnmuir Terraces. Cairnmuir was planted in 1994, in Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Gris. It lies on a promontory, bounded by Lake Dunstan to the north and west, and the Bannockburn Inlet to the south. The vineyard is a mixture of gravels and sand, glistening with silica.
The Cairnmuir block was extended in 1998, with a further planting devoted to Pinot Noir. New Dijon Clones were planted and the vineyard now contains a range of clones- Pommard (UCD 5), 10/5, 13, 113, 114, 115 and 777.
The Arthur vineyard, owned by Bill and Sue Arthur, is located across Cairnmuir Rd, on the sloping foothills of the Cairnmuir Range. Planted in 1996. The vineyard is dedicated to Pinot Noir and Riesling.
Steve Davies the winemaker has also planted a vineyard in Hall Road, Bannockburn. The first small crop of Pinot Noir will come into the winery in 2005.
Bannockburn Region
Already world famous for its remarkably aromatic, pure fruited, deeply flavour Pinot Noirs. An ideal suntrap in a marginal region.
