2023 Mottiar Pinot Noir

Picked by hand from the Mottiar Vineyard on September 23rd as grape sugars averaged 22° Brix.

The grapes were hand-sorted and divided for fermentation, 85% in concrete and 15% in a neutral oak cuve, using wild yeast. The larger share, 75 % of the wine, was transferred to mature (six-to-nine-year-old) French oak barrels and the remainder to first-use French oak to age for 10 months before 91 cases were bottled, unfiltered, in July 2023.

Near 14° C alongside mushroom risotto, grilled salmon or beets with whipped goat cheese.