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    355
  • Producer ranking ?

    108
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Aperitif, Toast Skagen, white fish salads & grilled mussels

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The Story

Blend: 100% Pinot Noir

Background: In 1997, Stephen and Prue embarked on a journey to handcraft an ultra-premium 100% sparkling wine from pinot noir, in addition to their dry table wine, and selected only the best fruit from specific clones and sites suited for this purpose at the Henschke Lenswood vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. Purchased as an apple orchard in 1981, the 550m site offers higher rainfall and humidity at the right time of ye...

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Wine Information

Alcohol: 12%

pH:  3.07

Acidity: 7.44g/L

Maturation: Hand-selected pinot noir was whole-bunch pressed, settled, cool fermented and underwent malolactic fermentation; the wine was subsequently bottle fermented and left on lees in bottle to age. Multiple vintages from 1997 to 2013 were combined in an assemblage style blend in August 2015, as a multi-vintage, mature disgorged (MD) blanc de noir. The wine is sealed under a stainless steel ...

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Origin

South Australia, Eden Valley

Grapes

100% Pinot Noir

Drinking temperature

6-8C

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