Jackson Estate Homestead Pinot Noir 2022

Lofty notes of brambles and dark red fruits dominate, with subtle background spice and fresh pencil shavings. The palate is loaded with dense ripe red fruits and has a silky-smooth texture. Tannins are firm but integrated with a supple mouthfeel leading to a classic Pinot Noir finish that is long, savoury and mouth filling.

Fruit was primarily sourced from our Gum Emperor vineyard in the Southern Waihopai Valley of Marlborough.

A mixture of clones 777 and 943 off our younger blocks and established Dijon clones off our older plantings commenced Mid March.

The fruit was destemmed into small open-top fermenters retaining a large proportion of whole berries. A cold soak of 2 days preceded a warm and rapid fermentation using a combination of Pinot Noir-specific yeasts and indigenous yeasts. All batches are gently hand-plunged as per the winemaker’s instruction. Post-primary fermentation, the young wines were pressed into a mix of stainless steel tanks and new and older French oak barrels for maturation.