Black Cottage Marlborough Pinot NoirBlack Cottage Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 The juicy palate flows through to a fruit driven core of crunchy red currants, dried cranberries, black olive, and suggestions of toasted coconut. A pinot noir with round tannins, good balance, and finesse.

Oak Maturation: 11 months in French oak (30% new)

FinePinot NoteA bold

Post primary ferment the must is pressed off to French oak puncheons (Francois Freres

soft tannins

Pinot Noir

The wine was bottled after 10 months on lees

Vegan Friendly: Yes

As always the Holyman Pinot comes from a block of old vines called Jack

20% new oak

the grapes were fermented as whole berries in Yarra Yering’s traditional 600 kg small fermenters

A wine of real tension

The moist and mild conditions from November through to early February finished with some great finishing temperatures and sunlight to sustain the great natural acidity and flavour that had built over the final month before picking started on the 9th of March