CASTANO ECOLOGICO MONASTRELL

Settled weather over flowering led to high potential crops, fruit thinning was widely employed to reduce yield and achieve optimum vine balance. Fastidious canopy management throughout the mild and sunny growing season ensured fruit developed, then ripened, at an ideal rate. The excellent weather during the ripening season was interrupted by rain events during the harvest. The single-minded quality focus of the viticulture and winemaking teams, with hour by hour assessment, led to optimum picking decisions. Our low-yielding, early-ripening vineyards with their open canopies, stood us in good stead in what was a tricky vintage across Marlborough and New Zealand.

THIS VINTAGE HAS PRODUCED A PINOT NOIR DISPLAYING OPULENT RICH AROMATICS; LUSH DARK FRUITS OF THE FOREST DOMINATE THE AROMA AND THESE ARE UNDERPINNED BY SWEET BROWN SPICE NOTES. THE WINE DISPLAYS LOVELY ELEGANCE AND FLOW WITH STRIKING PRECISION AND CLARITY. ON THE PALATE IT KICKS OFF WITH A PLUSH DENSE FRUIT OF THE FOREST ENTRY, THIS PLUSHNESS THEN MOVES BEAUTIFULLY INTO THE MID PALATE, AFTER WHICH FINE ELEGANT TEXTURAL TANNINS FRAME FRUIT AND ACIDITY ON A LENGTHY FINISH.