Pinot Noir - 2024 Hillier Rouge Homage à James Lahti

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Pinot Noir - 2024 Hillier Rouge Homage à James LahtiHillier Rouge Homage James Lahti 100% Estate Grown Pinot Noir Hand harvested fruit, 15kg totes Crushed & destemmed + 25% whole cluster Spontaneous fermentation, alcoholic & malo 24 day cuvaison with thrice daily punch down Racked & pressed to 2 neutral barrels Barrels were gifted to Last House by James Lahti in 2019 Final blend is 50% Daniel Block fruit & 50% Block 140 fruit Unfiltered & unfined Lightly sulphured after malo & at bottling Bottled in

It shows a bright pink colour in the glass and a buffet of red fruits led by fresh-picked strawberries

Partial malolactic fermentation

· - hand riddled and hand disgorged in “tranches”

24 day cuvaison with thrice daily punch down

This is a slightly grittier version of the Daniel Block below and shows a lighter shade of red in the glass

It’s pure joy in the glass with robust bubbles tickling the senses

white flowers

released today on Chardonnay Day

gentle reductive notes

raspberries

It has lovely texture on the creamy palate where the strawberries

It was used to barrel ferment the first vintage of Hillier Blanc Christian Block