2022 Cooinda Vale ‘Oronsay’ Pinot Noir
An attractive aroma of kirsch, raspberry and sultanas with underlying notes of pepper. The palate is refined with dark cherry, earth and allspice. Fine tannins and bright acidity finish this wine with terrific length.
- Volume:
- 750mls
- Alcohol:
- 13%
- pH:
3.65
- Acidity:
6.01g/L
- Maturation
Pressed to 50% new French oak barriques (Cavin and St. Martin) for 11 months.
- Closure
- ScrewCap
The lead-up to 2022 vintage included one of the wettest winters on record, a cool drying spring into summer with high humidity. All these factors led to healthy canopies and bunch numbers. The cool conditions, especially around the time of flowering resulted in some poor fruit-set in earlier flowering varieties. This delivered a combination of small and large size berries to form reducing the overall yields and intake in those varieties. The vintage started a couple of days later than usual, but with the high humidity/ lowered diurnal range, our late ripening varieties were picked slightly earlier than usual. Overall, a quality vintage.
Cooinda Vale Vineyard was established in 1985 by Pooley’s founders, Margaret and Dennis Pooley. Sitting between 80-100m above sea level, the vineyard is tucked away in a nook of hills North of Campania making it much more protected from prevailing weather conditions. Being more continental it also experiences greater extremes in temperatures bringing more frequent frosts, snow and heat waves. The iron lacking grey brown sandy loam over clay subsoils at this site tend to bring a moderate level of struggle to the vines by restricting deep root growth and water accessibility but in turn creates a wine that is more delicate and finer.
The fruit was hand-picked, 85% whole bunch fermented with the 15% destemmed portion placed on the bottom of the fermenter. Minimal pump overs with 14 days on skins. XR yeast used. Matured in 50% new French oak barriques from St Martin and Cavin for 11 months.
An attractive aroma of kirsch, raspberry and sultanas with underlying notes of pepper. The palate is refined with dark cherry, earth and allspice. Fine tannins and bright acidity finish this wine with terrific length.
