Personalised Te Mata Estate Alma Pinot Noir 2024 14% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Appearance
Alma Pinot Noir 24 presents a captivating cherry red hue with a hint of purple.

Aroma
Its aroma is immediately enticing, featuring redcurrants, strawberries, fresh prunes, and ripe raspberries, complemented by delicate notes of violet, thyme, sage, and warming chai spices.

Winemakers comments
Alma celebrates Dr James Thomson, a hero of the 1854 Battle of the Alma during the Crimean War and forefather to Te Mata Estates Buck family. Knowing the vanquished enemy soldiers had already contracted cholera, Dr Thomson volunteered to tend to their wounds, saving the lives of over four hundred, and sacrificing his own in the process. The medal he was awarded for this selfless act of valour appears on the label of Alma Pinot Noir.

Cellaring potential
Alma Pinot Noir 24 is closed with a Diam cork, which eliminates any possibility of cork taint, allowing continued evolution in bottle for 10 years from harvest.

Vinification
The individual lots were each destemmed and given a traditional warm-plunged fermentation. The resulting wines underwent extended maceration on skins before pressing. The separate wines were then run to a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 10 months maturation.

PH
3.68

Acidity
5.3 g/L

Country: New Zealand
Region: Hawke’s Bay
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Pinot Noir
Alcohol volume: 14
Closure: Screwcap
Volume: 750
Weight: 1.42kg
Wine style: Red (Light Medium Bodied)