Pinot Noir is often referred to as the noblest of all grape varietals, the essential ingredient to the finest Champagne and great growths of Burgundy. Trentham Estate is vinified from four different clones, grapes of varying colour and tannin, a diverse range of natural fruit flavours, contributing complexity and weight to the final wine. Picked off the finest blocks of Pinot Noir, bunches are destemmed, pumped through a chiller into fermenters and cold soaked for a day or two at 5âC. Batches are inoculated, vinified for five days on skins and pressed for a course of maturation, a component is sent for a term in French oak barrels before assemblage into the finished wine.