• Colour

  Red

• Vintage

  2008

• Producer

  Marchand & Burch

• Country

  AUSTRALIA

• Region

  WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• Alcohol

  13.5%

• Product code

  14MAR1B2008

• Availability

  4 cases

• Grape Variety

  100% Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes

Vinification Details.

Small parcels of fruit from each vineyard were hand picked and transported by refrigerated trailer to the Denmark winery, where it was hand sorted and gently destemmed to open fermenters. Cold soaking was used to extract maximum colour and optimal fruit flavour before fermentation was allowed to spontaneously occur.

A “natural” fermentation regime was utilised as it produces a more complex and integrated wine. Post fermentation maceration was used to build structure in the wine, allowing extraction of supple tannins from the grape skins. Separate parcels were matured in French barriques using approximately 40% new oak. The Pinot Noir was matured for twelve months with spontaneous malolactic fermentation being completed during this period. The assemblage consisted of the barrels assessed as contributing to the complexity, texture and power of the final blend. The Pinot received minimal fining and filtration before being put to bottle on a biodynamically compatible day. The wine was then given eight months bottle maturation before being released.

Producer Information

Marchand & Burch is a unique partnership between Burgundian winemaker Pascal Marchand (previously at Domaine de la Vougeraie) and Jeff Burch from Australian winery Howard Park. This is their first vintage; where Old World meets New World for the creation of two fabulous wines! In 2006, they identified vineyard blocks in the South West of Western Australia, and their aim has since been to work the natural environment and craft wines that best express the soils from which they come from. By adopting the biodynamic approach, the winemaking process is traditional yet modern, with minimal intervention, allowing the wines to become true expressions of their natural source.