Kusuda Martinborough Pinot Noir 2023 750ml

Kusuda Pinot Noir 2023 Martinborough

Dates harvested: 17.March-10.April. Harvested by hand with rigorous selection
Sugar level (Brix): 19 to 21
Clone: Able, Dijon 113/114/115/667/777, UCD5/6, 10-5, Mariafeld
Alcohol: 12.2%
TA: n/a
pH: n/a
Vinification: 1% whole bunch, cold soaked for 2 to 11 days. Fermented in open
stainless-steel vats with pumping-over and hand plunging, total period of
maceration 21 to 30 days. Aged in French (22% new) oak barriques for 15
months. Unfined and bottled with coarse filtration.
Date of Bottling: 24.Sep.2024
Bottles produced: 6,906 x 750ml / 50 x 1500ml /12 x 3000ml

Remarks: Normal start of the season followed by warmer November. Getting more rain
than usual from December on and hit by Cyclone Gabrielle in February.
Somewhat cooler summer. Juggling the condition of grapes and the weather,
plus our ability/man power for the serious sorting during the harvest which
lasted the longest ever since we started. 53hl/ha.

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