Gum Emperor Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014

Vineyards l The Pinot Noir grapes were hand harvested from our Gum Emperor vineyard, on the Waihopai Valley Road, Marlborough. The soil is 30cm of silt loam over a heavy Waihopai clay/gravel pan. The vineyard was not irrigated over the growing season.



Weather l 2014 promised to be an exceptional year for Marlborough. With warm weather during the day, cool nights and little to no rain through January and February, saw perfect ripening and were tracking for an early start to harvest. Select thinning of some blocks meant we were able to run with perfect levels of vine/fruit and thus see stable and constant ripening. At the beginning of March there were a couple of adverse rain events, proving to be just what the vines
needed, with enough water to freshen and lift the vines.



Harvest l Clones UCD5, 777 and 115 were all hand harvested on the 24th of March. Average brix at harvest was 23.1.