2021 By Farr 'Sangreal' Pinot Noir

There’s no wall flowers in the Farr winery and these Pinots are testament to that. It’s immediately engaging, it’s got something to say. Big aromatic spice notes, whole bunch influence, ripe fruit and an exotic character that really draws you in. It has a lovely softness, but it doesn’t offer this at the expense of structure. The acid line is en pointe, and it needs to be with so much happening in this wine. These change the script when it comes to Australian Pinot Noir, they are peerless. - Ben Knight, By Farr

Notes from the winemaker:

The Sangreal vineyard was planted in 1994, making it our oldest vineyard. It lies
on a north-facing slope and the soil composition is bluestone and overlaying
limestone, with red ironstone colouring the surface. This is unlike our other
vineyards, which are mostly black volcanic soil with heavy amounts of limestone
on the surface. The vine rows run north-south, receiving full sun exposure
throughout the day, resulting in more perfumed, prettier wines. This is always the
first vineyard to be harvested. The clones used in Sangreal are 114 and 115, which
we believe have mutated over time to become the ‘Sangreal clone’, now within its
own microclimate.

Sangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch
and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an
open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation
of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked
only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire
process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single- vineyard pinots. - Nick Farr