Garagiste Terre De Feu Pinot Noir 2021

Garagiste Terre De Feu Pinot Noir is the most structured Pinot Noir in the Garagiste range, from half an acre of Merricks Grove.

Whole-bunch fermentation is a gamble at the best of times, and doing it with the entire crop takes fruit that can carry the stems. This plot can. The vines sit over a seam of pure red ferrosol, an ironstone buttonhole that has always thrown smaller bunches and darker, deeper fruit than the rest of Merricks Grove, and Barney Flanders has kept it separate since 2013. The 2021 spent 24 days on skins before going to barrel for ten months, a third of the wood new, which is a heavier oak regime than the other reds see.

Dense and brooding, with black cherry, iron filings, cedar and a smoky stem character running underneath. The tannins need time or air. Serve at 16 to 17 degrees with roast lamb, game birds or a well-aged hard cheese.

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