2024 Singlefile Family Reserve Denmark Pinot Noir

The Singlefile vineyard is in the Denmark subregion of the Great Southern. The vineyard slopes north north-west in fertile well-drained Karri loam soils with abundant micro fauna and flora. It is a very slow ripening vineyard, and fruit tends to maintain its natural acidity while developing flavour ripeness.

This wine is crafted from Burgundian pinot noir clones 777 and D5V12, planted to the Singlefile vineyard by the family in 2013. This 2024 growing season delivered consistent, dry conditions, bringing on harvest about two weeks earlier than usual. Pinot noir was a stand-out variety in this vintage, with the weather encouraging intense varietal flavour development while also ensuring no disease pressures.

Harvested on 9 March 2024, the fruit was picked, gently de-stemmed and then cold soaked for two days. A parcel was barrel fermented and underwent natural fermentation in new French oak, the remainder went to small open fermenters and then to new and used oak. The wine spent eleven months in French oak barriques, 30% new, before it was prepared for bottling. It has been aged in bottle for 9 months prior to release.