Whisson Lake - 2022 Monopole Pinot Noir mood_Poolside then pressed to French oak

then pressed to French oak for fermentation (45% new) and bottled just before the start of the 2024 harvest

and the wine matured in seasoned French hogsheads for 14 months

showing just the two wines from his first vintage of 2106

mountainous regions of Japan used in this very soda - was so perfectly balanced we did absolutely nothing to it

Whisson Lake - 2022 Monopole Pinot Noir mood_Poolside then pressed to French oakThe fruit comes from the four rows adjacent to Andrie and Marks house. Each vintage, barrels from all plots are selected and tasted blindly in the assemblage process. Interestingly, the Monopole Pinot Noir always derives from those four rows of clone D5V12. This parcel has the potential to produce outstanding quality fruit when given the right amount of attention throughout the seasons. The grapes were destemmed (10% whole bunch), then wild fermented.