Garamond Pinot Noir

Hurley Vineyard Garamond Pinot Noir is sourced from the Garamond Vineyard, the coolest of Hurley's sites. On an easterly aspect it gets the gentle morning sun, as well as the air circulation of the small valley it overlooks.

The wine is one of Hurley's three single vineyard Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noirs. Their winemaking is identical so that the influence of each site on the final taste is pure and clear.

Handpicking begins close to first light. After cooling overnight, the fruit is destemmed into open vats and the berries are soaked in their own juice. Fermentation is with wild yeasts and twice daily hand plunging.

After post-ferment maceration of 5-7 days, the wine is basket pressed and sent to new and seasoned French oak. It undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged on lees in barrel for 18-20 months.

The wine is racked once before it is bottled without filtration. A further six months of bottle ageing follows.

Deep garnet, Hurley Vineyard Garamond Pinot Noir is intensely fragrant and silky yet focused and precise. Ultra fine tannins linger on the finish. Cellaring potential is 10 years.