Newton Johnson Family Vineyards Windansea Pinot Noir 2020
100% Pinot Noir
This is a bare-bones glimpse of Windansea, the power dimension to Pinot Noir on our farm. In the stoniest and most clay-rich of our granite soils, the bunches were selectively picked by the family for this small cuvée. Made without sulphur in the winemaking, allowing diverse micro-organisms from the grape itself to flourish unrestrained in the fermentation, enhancing complexity. 11 months’ maturation with a further six months’ élevage in large oak. Unfiltered, it will age over many years in bottle.
Tasting Notes: A lavish wine, saturated with blackberry, liquorice and rich red currants. Lingering impressions of soft spice and freshly turned earth. Bountiful and seamless tannin texture in to a chalky finish.
Ready for drinking in 2 to 15 years’ time.
Winemaker: Gordon Newton Johnson
Price raised per case
- 6 x 750ml or equivalent
- Highest: R12 500
- Lowest: R7 000
- Average: R8 030
Packaging
- Bottle Size 750ml
- Case Size: 6 x 750ml
- Cases Produced: 108
- Cases Auctioned: 50
Analysis
- Alc: 13.03 vol%
- RS: 2.7 g/l
- TA: 7.0 g/l
- pH: 3.3
