LYME BAY PINOT NOIR 75CL 13%

Black Cherry Colour With Light Edges. Intense Fruit With Smoky Vanilla Oak Notes. A Balanced Finish Of Cherry, Plum, Strawberry And Toasty Oak With Light Tannic Structure. Made From The Best Fruit Available In The UK And Aged In 32% New Oak, Offers A Rich Bouquet Of Cherries, Red Berries, And Bramble Fruit, Complemented By Subtle Toasty Oak. This Pinot Noir Wine Is A True Testament To English Winemaking Excellence. PINOT NOIR Vintage: 2021 Made From The Best Fruit Available In The UK & Aged In 32% New Oak, This Wine Displays A Complex & Intense Array Of Cherries, Red Berries & Bramble Fruit, Underpinned By A Subtle Toasty Oak. Grapes From ; Martins Lane (Essex); Spar Hill (Essex)); Riverview (Essex); Crows Lane (Essex); GW Cooper (Essex) At Lyme Bay, We Produce The Best Wines Made From The Best Fruit Grown By WINEMAKING NOTES A Cool Summer Was Followed By A Late Warm Spell Into October, Allowing For Extended Hang Time On The Vines, Ensuring The Grapes Reached Peak Physiological Ripeness. Hand Harvested Between 26Th October And 3Rd November From Dijon And Sp?tburgunder Still Wine Clones, The Grapes Were Treated By Vineyard As A Field Blend. Small Batch Fermentations Were Undertaken With 10% Whole Bunch Fruit, Manual Pig?age (Punch Downs) Took Place Up To 3 Times A Day To Gently Maximise The Extraction Of Colour, Flavour, And Structure. The Wine Was Then Transferred To Barrel For 100% Malolactic Fermentation. 32% New French Oak Was Used, As Well As Older Barrels From French, Eastern European And American Origins. Aged For 11 Months In Barrel, The Wine Was Then Blended And Left To Settle Several Weeks Before Bottling. The Wine Has No Fining, And Only A Light Filtration To Retain The Delicate Nuances Of The Fruit And Oak. COLOUR; Bright Cherry Red, NOSE; Vibrant Red Fruit Combines With Smoky, Vanilla Oak And Mild Tobacco Undertones. PALATE; Red Fruits Dominate With Cherry, Raspberry, And Red Currant With Just A Hint Of Mulberry. A Touch Of Savoury Spice And Smoke Finish Off The Rounded Palate, With A Lingering Finish