Budenberg Vineyard Pinot Noir
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Budenberg Vineyard Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Managed & farmed by Mark & Andrie Whisson, Budenberg is an iron-heavy, east-facing site at 540m above sea level. Clay loam and shale with a mix ironstone, blue stone and quartz. An incredibly steep and rocky site. Grapes are hand-picked & gently destemmed to retain whole berries with 25% whole bunches. Cold soaked prior to wild fermentation in an open-top tank, then pressed to barrel once dry. Matured for 10 months in 100% French oak, 15% new oak. Lees stirred in barrel for a few months.