Seresin Pinot Noir Leah (New Zealand)

A blend from all three of our vineyard sites leah is named after michael seresin’s daughter. Exhibits bright fragrant berry-fruit aromas interlaced with spice and herbal notes. The wine is focused and concentrated with a succulent fruit core framed by fine-grained tannins and a mouth-watering acidity. An elegant and understated style with immediate appeal but structure to last. Vintage: minimal frosts during the spring and perfect flowering conditions resulted in a good crop and even berry set. A warm early summer initially but temperatures cooled after solstice to give a long ripening period with stable conditions until the end of the first week of april. Heavy rain followed but the fruit remained in good condition. Viticulture: the fruit comes mostly from our clay-rich hillside raupo creek vineyard in the omaka valley with a small amount also from the alluvial shingles of our tatou vineyard and the noa vineyard which is made up of waimakariri type soils of alluvial o