Prophet's Rock Rocky Point Pinot Noir

The Rocky Point vineyard was planted in 2004. 325 meters above sea level at top,200 meters at bottom. The bottom part of the vineyard overlooks the road running along the lake. Overall it’s a slightly warmer site than the Home Block further North. North West facing, but some is West, some North. Lots of topography changes but on average its North West. Looks over towards the Pisa ranges. Heavy Schist based soils. As the label depicts this vineyard is riddled with schist rock, so much so that the Pinot Noir is planted on deeper soils than the Riesling and Gris in this vineyard due to the fact that in some parts the mother rock literally is poking out of the top soil. This wine is predominantly sourced from Rocky Point Vineyard & topped up with a parcel of Home Vineyard Pinot Noir to add structure. Hand picked, 100% de-stemmed. Wild Ferment in open top fermenters. Pige age – Just one for the whole of the fermentation. Sometimes before finishing just mixes the ferment, putting hose through cap into the wine. Paul comments that there is just no need to extract more with this site. Elevage – approximately 11 months in barrel, 15% new.