Tasting Notes for Stefano Lubiana Estate Pinot Noir from the Winery

Our Estate Pinot Noir is always a wine that needs time to show its true colours. It is made for the long haul, with ample tannin and acidity as well as fruit density to last the distance. Densely packed layers of aroma on the nose, with a strikingly intense palate, are supported by especially vibrant and luscious fruit notes and fine tannin structure. A wine that will continue to open and grow with time in the bottle. 

The vineyard is planted at varied elevations and aspects on a mix of diverse terroirs. These soil types range from crumbly red top soil and deep red clay over marl clay with limestone bedrock, grey silty gravel over porous gravelly clay to cracking black clay base over patches of chalky limestone. Our Estate Pinot Noir vines vary in age, majority ranging from 15 years old to 30 years old, with a few barrels from our close-planted block planted in 2019 introduced to our Estate Pinot Noir blend for the first time. The close-planted block is the highest block of our estate vineyard. In the close-planted there are 11,000 vines in the block, a high density planting while faithful to low yields.

Hand picked grapes are processed immediately once picked. The fruit undergoes wild fermentation in open-top fermenters with a mixture of whole-bunch (40%) and de-stemmed fruit. After fermentation the ferments are pressed first and then gravity fed to 225L French oak barriques (15% new) in our underground cellar. The wine matures for 12 months in these conditions until it is transferred to tank prior to bottling.

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir

Vineyard: Estate-Grown single vineyard, Derwent Valley

Vineyard management: 100% Certified Biodynamic

Geology: Mix of two terroirs, grey gravelly loams over clay and red loam over gravel

Cellaring: 10+ years

Stefano Lubiana 

Tasmania’s first and only certified biodynamic vineyard has been cultivating vines using biodynamic methods since 2010. This means that their wines are free of all synthetic treatments, additives and pesticides. Instead they travel the alternative path, stepping back in time and using cosmic rhythms to ensure soil regeneration as well as effective vine care through all phases of the year’s seasonal cycles.

Their much sought-after wines are the result of a passionate, unrelenting quest for perfection. This passion, along with free thinking and attention to detail allows them to create wines which reflect this vision. Their focus on traditional and environmentally sensitive principals has only strengthened their desire to create wines that have a unique and distinctive character, with free-flowing elegance and quality.

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