2024 Streicker Bridgeland Block Pinot Noir
Blend:
100% Pinot Noir
Vineyard:
Bridgeland Vineyard, Karridale
Growing:
777 Pinot Noir clone grown in Mungite & Forest Grove soils with Northern aspect and terraced rows.
Winemaking:
The fruit was hand-picked, chilled overnight and gently destemmed as whole berries to open fermenters for a 2-day cold soak before fermentation. Hand-plunged 3 times daily for 9 days, followed by gentle separation of the wine from the skins. Fermentation is completed in Burgundian-style oak barrels, 25% which were new. The wine was then aged in oak for 10 months, after which it was clarified and bottled.
Vintage:
Water resources were well replenished over Winter with low enough temperatures to allow dormancy. The growing season began with a cool and relatively dry spring. Summer turned on at the right time with warm even temperatures, setting the scene for gentle and consistent ripening across all varieties. It was another great vintage, with the seasons all playing their part. A lack of Marri blossom this year meant nets covered the region to keep the birds at bay. It was a drawn out vintage, allowing long hang time for our later picking varieties.
Aroma:
Raspberries, plum blossom and all spice
Palate:
Bright tones of red apple skin, raspberries, cherry blossom and musk stick open up to reveal a juicy palate, given purpose by fine tendrils of red tannin and a spicy finish of white pepper and cracked fennel seeds.
Cellaring:
This is a fresh drink now style, but can be aged for up to 8 years for added complexity.
Alcohol:
14%
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2024
Varietal
Pinot Noir
Vineyard Designation
Bridgeland Block
Alcohol %
14
James Halliday
95
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Made from fruit off our coolest vineyard, this wine is an elegant style of Pinot Noir. In colour it is light red with blue and purple specks. Bright flavours of red cherries, sour plums and cinnamon on the entry, guided by fleshy textures of crushed apple flesh and satsuma plums. A vital line of chalky acidity and white pepper drive the palate to a crystalline finish of red fruits and spicy oak.
Vineyard Notes
The 2019 vintage required high attention to detail in the vineyard and highlighted the benefit of having four diverse vineyards across the Margaret River region. Weather patterns were inconsistent, presenting challenges in budburst and flowering throughout the winter and spring months. A lack of extreme temperatures in summer and autumn combined with leaf-plucking, shoot thinning and bunch thinning encouraged more even ripening. Nets were essential to protect fruit, with a lack of Marri blossom in the region to distract the bees and birds. The resulting low yields presented fragrant wines with succulent natural acidities.
Production Notes
The fruit was hand-picked with 33% being kept as whole clusters, and the other 66% de-stemmed on top to promote extraction of spicier flavours and more savoury fruit characters and textures. The fruit was open fermented and punched down 3 times a day. The still fermenting wine was then gently separated from the skins and allowed to finish ferment in Burgundian-style oak barrels, 25% which were new. The wine was then aged in oak for 10 months, after which it was clarified and bottled.
Winemaker Notes
The fruit was hand-picked with 33% being kept as whole clusters, and the other 66% de-stemmed on top to promote extraction of spicier flavours and more savoury fruit characters and textures. The fruit was open fermented and punched down 3 times a day. The still fermenting wine was then gently separated from the skins and allowed to finish ferment in Burgundian-style oak barrels, 25% which were new. The wine was then aged in oak for 10 months, after which it was clarified and bottled.