Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2022 naked-run hints of orchard fruit and

hints of orchard fruit and tangerine glide across a silky mid-palate

notes of cut hay and minerality

the fruit for this wine was whole bunch pressed and then the juice transferred to a combination of 500-litre French puncheons and barriques for fermentation

Hand-picked when tasty

just outside Chablis on the route to Auxerre

Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2022 naked-run hints of orchard fruit andBiodynamic. Like the Chardonnay vineyards, Pyramid Valleys Waikari Pinot Noir sites were planted in 2000 at 11,111 vines per hectare on slopes with clay limestone soils. Earth Smoke is an expansive slope that faces east and is situated southwest of Lions Tooth and north of its sibling Pinot Noir site, Angel Flower. The soils are richer than Angel Flower, described by Steve Smith as strong and beautifully structuredtheres a high proportion of clay