7th Heaven - Pinot Noir Bannockburn 2015
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Our 7th Heaven Pinot Noir 2015 is fruit-driven with cherry and plum overtones with notes of pepper and spice. A lighter style, it pairs beautifully with soft cheeses.
The 7th Heaven Pinot Noir 2015 is crafted from 100% pinot noir grapes grown on our family’s small Bannockburn vineyard. It is a mix of clones 777, Abel and 115 that have been carefully handpicked and blended together for fermentation. 30% of the fruit was left as whole bunches to create complexity and tannins.
The grapes were basket pressed and racked to French oak barrels, 15% being new oak, for 10 months. In Spring a second natural malolactic fermentation took place before being racked and fined in February 2016.
Winemaker: Debra Cruickshank
Aging Potential: 10 years
Vegan Friendly
About 7th Heaven
Becoming winegrowers was not something owners Michael and Diane Jones planned to do, but in 2013 they finally found and purchased the perfect piece of land for their dream family home. The land, rich in gold mining history also included a neglected 1.5ha vineyard.
Michael is a second-generation Cromwell orchardist and while many people would have probably ripped out the neglected vines, he was keen to see what they could do.
Since the first vintage in 2014, the vineyard has transformed into a productive small block of grapes producing a variety small-batch wines and ruby port, all made from 100% single vineyard pinot noir grapes.
The vineyard is on a north-facing slope of the property which is located in the foothills of Adams Gully, to the south of Bannockburn. During the Otago gold rush, Adams Gully Workings covered a significant area stretching from the foothills, where the 7th Heaven Vineyard is located today, right up into the Carrick Range to the Young Australian Water Wheel.
The vineyard is 1.5ha but has approximately 8000 vines due to the row spacing of 1.5 metres and 1 metre vine spacings. The majority of the vines are pinot noir (a mix of clones 777, Abel and 115) and a smattering of viognier.
Debra Cruickshank from DC Wines produces their wines at her Bannockburn Winery. Currently the range includes a Pinot Noir, Pinot Port, a Pinot Rosé and a Blanc de Noir; all produced from 100% pinot noir grapes.
The Méthode Traditionelle masters at No1 Family Estate work their magic to their base wine to create their 100% Pinot Sparkling Wine.
First Vintage: 2014
Scale: 1.5 hectares
Range: Methode Traditionelle, Pinot Noir, Pinot Port, Pinot Rosé and Blanc de Noir
Did you know… They also have a range of fruit ports from their orchard, Suncrest Orchard!