Aroma
Its
aroma is immediately enticing, featuring redcurrants, strawberries, fresh prunes, and ripe
raspberries, complemented by delicate notes of violet, thyme, sage, and warming chai
spices.
Appearance
Alma Pinot Noir ’24 presents a captivating cherry red hue with a hint of purple.
Palate
On the palate, the wine’s weight and volume are further enhanced, creating a
velvety texture that balances refreshing fruit with powdery tannins. Dark cherries and ripe
plums blend seamlessly with liquorice and mulberry, culminating in a long finish of fruit
sweetness and spice. A masterpiece of detail and concentration and irresistibly enjoyable.
Vinification
The individual lots were each destemmed and given a traditional warm-plunged
fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended maceration on skins before
pressing. The separate wines were then run to a mixture of new and seasoned French
oak barriques for 10 months’ maturation.
Cellaring Potential
Alma Pinot Noir ’24 is closed with a ‘Diam’ cork, which eliminates any possibility of
cork taint, allowing continued evolution in bottle for 10 years from harvest.
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