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FreycinetLouis Pinot Noir
Dry, Light Bodied style of Pinot Noir
Independent winery
About this product
Dry, Light Bodied style of Pinot NoirIndependent wineryThis wine, Freycinet's junior Pinot Noir, reveals liveliness and youthfulness in its colour, aroma and flavours. Similar winemaking techniques are utilized as for their renowned Freycinet Pinot Noir. Fully ripened fruit from their Louis vineyard site is fermented over a 7 to 8 day period in a rotary fermenter. A pure yeast culture is added and the ferment temperature is allowed to peak at 32 degrees. After gently extracting colour, flavour and tannins from the skins the wine is pressed and matur
This wine, Freycinet's junior Pinot Noir, reveals liveliness and youthfulness in its colour, aroma and flavours. Similar winemaking techniques are utilized as for their renowned Freycinet Pinot Noir. Fully ripened fruit from their Louis vineyard site is fermented over a 7 to 8 day period in a rotary fermenter. A pure yeast culture is added and the ferment temperature is allowed to peak at 32 degrees. After gently extracting colour, flavour and tannins from the skins the wine is pressed and matur
Light bodied red wines have a water-light mouthfeel and light flavour impact. Often pale to light/medium in colour.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypePinot Noir
- Size750ML
- RegionTasmania
- Current Vintage2018* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume13.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateTasmania
- Brand NameFreycinet
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyLight Bodied
- More about Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2018
84 points The Real Review
Youthful purple/red colour with a spicy, oaky, fumy, high-toned aromas that suggest alcohol vapour or volatile acidity. It's plain and slightly bitter, not really varietal, with assertive tannins that seem a little over-extracted. There is plenty of body-weight, and it ends with elevated alcohol.
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