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2021 Joshua Cooper Ray-Monde Vineyard Pinot Noir, Port Phillip, Australia
$63.00
The Ray-Monde Vineyard was established in 1988 by the Lakey family, in South Gisborne at 1,300 feet above sea level on the Southern edge of the Macedon Ranges GI, to which it once belonged. The gently Northeast facing 12-acres of Pinot Noir form a small part of the 570-acre grazing farm. The vineyard is unique for the area, being planted gravelly ironstone and basaltic clay soils, with very little topsoil and a huge amount of āBluestoneā rock just below the surface. This lean soil together with vine age results in incredibly concentrated grapes, with thick skins and ripe stems even at low sugar levels.
Once hand harvested in the cool of morning, with careful sorting in the vineyard, 100% was transferred as whole-cluster to open fermenters. The must was then allowed to soak four to five days at its cool ambient temperature until fermentation commenced. There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigeage by foot. The wine then pressed after a total of three weeks on skins and transferred to a single new (Laurent āMagic Caskā thick stave, blonde toast) one one year old Stockinger 300l and three old (6-10yo) oak Burgundian piece for lees aging for 12 months. This was followed by four months in stainless steel on fine lees, before racking and bottling, unfined and unfiltered. The only addition to the wine is a small dose of sulfur.
Specs
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- Appellation Port Phillip
- Style Red Wine
- Producer Joshua Cooper
- Farming Practices Organic
- Grapes Pinot Noir
- Food Pairings Roast White Meats, White Sauce, Fried Food, Red Sauce, Meaty Fish
- Characteristics Red Fruit, Dressed to Impress, Flexes w/ Food, Bright and Fresh