From Woods Hill Vineyard in Summertown, a new site for Gentle Folk and an established vineyard in the Piccadilly Valley. The wine shows red fruit, wild strawberry and bramble, with fine tannin. Juicier and lighter-bodied than our other single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, it is approachable now.
VINEYARD
Vineyard: Woods Hill Vineyard, Summertown
Planted: 1980
Clones: D5V12, MV6, 114, 115 and 777
Elevation: 560m
Aspect: North-south
Soil: Light loamy clay over sandstone, with extensive schist and quartz rocks and rubble
WINEMAKING
The fruit was fermented as whole berries and whole bunches before pressing, then aged in French oak (20% new). The wine spent nine months in oak followed by three months in tank before bottling.
Harvest date: 17 March 2025
Bottled: 3 March 2026
Alc: 13.5%
pH: 3.65
TA: 5.8 g/L
Production: 3,742 bottles