Tasting Notes for Wild Folk Preservative Free Pinot Noir 2021 from the Winery 

Fragrant, fresh and lifted and full of poised Pinot Noir Character. This is smooth, silky and seductive on the nose and palate- exhibiting distinctive cherry and savoury notes followed gentle acidity on the finish. Perfect drink now style that would pair well with mushroom risotto.

Summary

Wild Folk - the natural choice in wine - are pure expressions of the variety and the vineyard. Minimal intervention in the winery ensures a joyful glass of just what mother nature intended. Wild yeast fermented, no additions, vegan Friendly, preservative free, unfined and unfiltered nothing but fermented grapes at their finest.

Winemaking

A less is more regime in the vineyard and the winery has resulted in a fresher more uncompromising wine stylistically. Handpicked and sorted and then added to open fermenters before undergoing plunging. Consigned to stainless steel after fermentation this wine was bottled shortly after with little additions and was neither fined nor filtered.

Vintage 2021

In terms of the 2021 vintage, spring 2020 was warm and wet, with enough bursts of sunshine to ensure the best flowering and fruit set in 3 years. Consistent fruit set matched with plentiful ground water led to vigorous canopy development and large crops. The possibility of disease hung heavy especially after large amounts of rainfall in January and the quality of the vintage was in the balance. However, an auspicious change in conditions led to a two-month run of glorious weather that saw warm days, cold nights and elongated ripening. In terms of quality, tannin concentration and ripeness will be the hallmark of 2021. Wines retained good natural acidity and great ripeness of flavour was achieved.

(SKU: FO_PN_21)