Garagiste La Stagiaire Pinot Noir

<p dir="ltr">Perfumed bright red fruit, dried herbs and fresh rose petals fill the glass and the palate is delicate and refreshing with hints of spice and minerality. This wine blends Pinot Noir from four Mornington sites: Merricks North, Balnarring, Red Hill and Merrics Grove. Once picked, spontaneous fermentation took place across concrete and stainless steel vats, with 15% of it being in whole bunches and the rest on skins; it stayed here for 23 days before being pressed and moved to oak, 5% of it being new. The wine was bottled unfiltered and unfined.
"This is spicy, red-fruited, some dried mint and flowers. Kind of exotic too with that cardamom pod thing. It's medium-bodied, sappy and crunchy, cherry and strawberry, dried herb perfume, the tannin just sits so well within the wine and it lays on the charm from front to back. It's savoury and saline, with some almond paste, but has vibrancy and plenty of fruit. It has personality and more than a little chutzpah. More importantly, it drinks a charm." - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front 94 Points<br>