Pinot Noir 2008

Dates harvested4-14 April 2008
Picked by hand with rigorous selection
Sugar level (Brix)23.5
Alcohol13.6%
Total Acidity5.2g/l
pH3.67
Vinification90% destemmed, cold soaked for approx. 5 to 6 days as whole berries. Fermented in open stainless steel vats with pumping-over and hand plunging, total period of maceration 20 to 23 days. Aged in French (30% new) oak barriques for 15 months. Unfined and bottled with coarse filtration.
Date of Bottling4 December 2009
Bottles produced3,700

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