Ten Minutes by Tractor 10X Pinot Noir 2024

An inviting perfumed nose of black forest cake, red fruits, florals, and creaming soda. Vibrant red cherry, raspberry compote and chinotto fill the luscious palate. This is followed by underlying baking spice to give a lovely savory backbone. Well-integrated powdery tannins give structure and length.

Aged 10 months ::5 months :: 15% new French oak barriques and puncheons

Handpicked fruit was hand sorted and fermented in various vessels across concrete, oak and stainless steel. Batches were cold soaked for 4 days at 8°C before the onset of wild fermentation. Light fermentation management with pump overs and some plunging over the 14-18 days on skins before pressed off to tank and racked to barrel. Natural malolactic fermentation was completed in place before these specific batches were racked to tank for blending with gentle filtration before bottling.

VINTAGE: After a wet spring, the 2024 season gave ample sunlight and ideal ripening conditions across all varieties. Phenological ripeness was uniform and flavours although delayed, were abundant in great concentrations.