Barratt Reserve Pinot Noir 2008
$4499each
$539DOZEN
WineryBarratt
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Adelaide Hills
  South Australia
Each $44.99
$539.00
Currently out of stock
A Piccadilly Valley flagship, recipient of the most impressive accolades since inaugural release. Fine and elegant, displaying intensely complex varietal character of dark cherry, strawberries, spices and game, with wonderful length and intensity of colour. The palate is rich and voluptuous, the tannins soft and silky, the aftertaste long and lingering. Most of the grapes are sourced from vines at Uley Vineyard which were planted in 1983 and are now expressing their maturity. Like all great wines, Barratt is made in the vineyard and assembled from the best of barrels of vintage.
The first region in South Australia planted to viticulture, a sample of Adelaide Hills wine was sent to Queen Victoria in 1845% Growing grapes here is not an easy task given the weather extremes, particularly in the Piccadilly Valley where average rainfall is high. Fruit set is unpredictable and disease pressures are high. Pinot Noir predominantly from fully mature vines over two decades of age are grown to the Uley Vineyard. Grapes are hand harvested with an average baume of 14 and a yield of 1.4 tonnes/ acre. Whole berries and bunches are vinified followed by maturation in French oak barriques for eleven months. The most superior barrels are selected and assembled before a bottling without fining or filtration. Approx 14.0%
TASTING NOTES
Ruby coloured. A strongly varietal aroma of dark cherries, floral and spice, with gamey, earthy complexity, followed by a beautifully integrated palate of sweet fruit and spice, supported by soft, silky tannins, a wine of outstanding structure and length.
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About Barratt Wines
Barratt Wines, acclaimed for its award winning specialty Pinot Noir, is a family owned and operated winery in the Piccadilly Valley, the premium grape growing region of South Australia's Adelaide Hills
Lindsay Barratt was previously a physician and retired entirely from medicine in 2001 to realise his dream of handcrafting the wine from beginning to end - growing and caring for the vines (which he has done since 1990 when the Uley property was acquired) and, since 2001, taking the grapes through the process of specialised winemaking. After having achieved his Graduate Diploma in Oenology at the University of Adelaide in 2002, he has taken control of all the wine produced under the Barratt label at the Lobethal winery. Barratt sources grapes from two small vineyards, Uley and Bonython, to produce quality wines handcrafted to exacting standards. The Adelaide Hills are a challenging region in which to grow grapes and make win and Lindsay Barratt loves a challenge! Barratt»