Rippon Pinot Noir ‘Lolo’s Block’ Mature Vine 2019
$200.00 inc. GST
Lolo’s Block – Lolo’s is named after Lois Mills, a woman as unique and clear voiced as the parcel from which the fruit was harvested. This is one off wine was bottled to marl Lolo’s 70th birthday and acknowledge all that she has given to this remarkable piece of land.
48 in stock
Description
Fruit Handling: Picked by hand into small, 10kg cases allowing the fruit to arrive at the winery’s sorting table undamaged and intact. Picked and fermented separately in 10, 2-tonne stainless-steel fermenters. 36% whole cluster component.
Fermentation: Each parcel is fermented and matured apart before blending. The winery’s resident yeast population (non-inoculated) started fermenting on the 6thday of cuvaison. The ferments reached maximum temperatures of 16 – 31 Celsius.
Total time of skin contact : 18 days
Barrel management: 10 months of new (17%) to 4 year old French oak barrels. The malolactic fermentation went through unaided (non-inoculated) in springtime; it was then racked back into barrel and allowed a second winter in neutral barrels before being run directly into bottle without filtering or fining.
Total time in barrel: 18 months
Bottling date: 15th August 2022
Ph 3.59 , T.A 5.7g/l, Alc13.8% ,R.S <2g/l
Additional Information
| size | 750ml |
|---|---|
| brand | Rippon |
Reviews / Awards / Ratings
RIPPON PINOT NOIR CENTRAL OTAGO LOLO’S 2019
This is an incredible new wine with very refined tannins that spread across the
palate and melt into the wine to give a unique mouthfeel. It’s full-bodied yet agile
and weightless. Bark and strawberry. Drinkable and very deep. Sophisticated.
Tiny production. From glacial marine soil with a hint of schist. Only 105 cases.
99 POINTS – JAMES SUCKLING.COM
