Wine By The Dozen

2004 Basket Press Pinot Noir Dozen
	2004 Thistle Hill Basket Press Pinot Noir   Tasting Notes   This delicious Pinot Noir was picked by hand and then pressed gently using a traditional wooden basket press. The wine has aromas of black cherry and smoky French oak and the palate is delicate with hints of ripe cherry and plum. This wine is drinking well now, however if you can bear to put it down for a few years your taste buds will be delighted by complex old Pinot characters.   Winemaking Notes   The Pinot Noir was hand picked on the 03/03/2004. It came into the winery at 22° C and 13.4° Baume. It was crushed and pumped into a Potter over-head fermenter where 500g of EC-1118 yeast was added to start the fermentation. The must was pumped over every 8 hours to ensure the cap was thoroughly wet and to dissipate the heat produced by the ferment. The temperature was maintained between 25 and 33 degrees C. Fermentation was completed by 11/03/2004. The wine was pressed off skins on 12/03/2004. It was racked on 16/04/2004 and 1.5 G/L H Ta+ was added with 50mG/L S. The wine was racked again on 24/05/2004 and a further 2 G/L H Ta+, 20 mG/L S and 200mG/L Tannin was added. On 31/05/2004 the wine was transferred to 200L French oak barrels. The wine was transferred to tank and sulphur and acid adjusted every 3 months or so. On 10/10/2005 the wine was transferred to tank and earth filtered with course earth. It was filtered with fine earth on 02/11/2005 and the final chemical additions were made before bottling took place on 4/11/2005.   Technical Data               Date Picked:             3/03/2004             Ripeness:                   13.4° Baume             pH                               3.36             Total Acidity               6.2 g/L             Free Sulphur              25 mg/L             Total Sulphur              34 mg/L             Sugar                          <1 g/L             Alcohol                       13.0 % by volume	QTY: