Swinging Bridge Hill Park Block 4 Pinot Noir (75cl, 12.5%)

A Pinot Noir from Orange, New South Wales, made by Swinging Bridge. The fruit is handpicked and destemmed without rollers to keep as many whole berries as possible, then cold soaked for three days before fermentation. It is plunged twice daily, pressed with some residual sugar from whole berries, and finished in barrel, where it spends eight months. The oak is predominantly puncheons, with 20% new oak and a mixture of tonneliers. Clones are kept separate until the end of fermentation, then blended. It shows raspberry, sarsaparilla and anise on the nose, with fennel, spiced oak and sour cherry on the palate.