The fruit in our 2019 Seifried Nelson Pinot Noir comes from both our Brightwater and Rabbit Island vineyards where our Pinot Noir vines are over thirty years in age and are showing great maturity and depth of flavour. Summer 18-19 was baking hot and dry throughout January and February, leading to beautiful ripe and healthy fruit.

Parcels of fruit were picked incrementally in March 2019 at the peak of flavour and phenolic ripeness. The de-stemmed fruit had a brief cold maceration period before individual parcels were inoculated for fermentation. Throughout fermentation plunging occurred twice daily and was tapered off to once daily as the fermentation finished. The young wine was drained to new, one and two year old French barriques for malolactic fermentation and barrel ageing. The wine was stabilised and bottled late 2019.
 
Summer 2018-19 was baking hot and dry throughout January and February leading to beautiful ripe and healthy fruit. The 2019 Seifried Nelson Pinot Noir is rich and ripe with lovely depth and weight. Entry is succulent with dark berry fruits and a generous concentrated palate. Strong, rich blackberry and cinnamon flavours linger and leave a long lasting impression on the palate.