Walnut Block Nutcracker Pinot Noir (6 Bottles) Marlborough, NZ

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$239.00

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Walnut Block’s handcrafted Marlborough Pinot Noir is in a class of its own. Dedication in the vineyard, attention to detail at harvest and traditional winemaking techniques amount to a wine with grace and great character.

Chosen for its high-clay-based soil, the vineyard is planted with top-quality Burgundy clones and the vines grown in European-style, high-density planting.

The vines are shoot thinned and fruit thinned down to one bunch per shoot. The extremely low yield ensures even ripening, intense flavours and good tannin structure.

Winemaking
100% handpicked, the fruit is collected in small bins and chilled overnight at 2°C to preserve the flavours. The cold fruit is de-stemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters, and fermented using only natural yeasts.

The wine is aged for 12 months in high-quality French barriques and bottled unfiltered.

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Walnut Block Wines is the vision of two brothers – Clyde and Nigel Sowman.

In combining their experience in viticulture and the wine industry with their passion for and appreciation of fine wine, they have created a unique range of superbly crafted Marlborough wines. A boutique winery, Walnut Block offers some of the best wine buys in New Zealand. First planted in 1996 the Walnut Block vineyard lies in the world-renowned Wairau Valley in Marlborough.

Marlborough’s unique winegrowing conditions reflect a combination of alluvial soils, deposited over thousands of years from an ancient river bed that flowed between the mountainous borders of this valley, the region’s high sunshine hours and the temperate New Zealand climate.

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