Tapanappa ‘Definitus’ 2021 Pinot Noir

The hand harvested Pinot Noir fruit from the Definitus area of Foggy Hill Vineyard was delivered to the Tapanappa Winery in the Piccadilly Valley. The 0.9 tonne fermentation tubs were filled with chilled destemmed and crushed must and allowed a two-day cold soak beginning at 2°C. The tubs were then inoculated with our own grown yeast strain and allowed to ferment to a maximum temperature of 33°C with daily hand plunging of the cap.

At the end of fermentation after 16 days, the tubs were sealed to allow 5 days of maceration on skins then pressed to barriques (one third new) with an inoculation of a malo-lactic bacterial strain. After malo-lactic fermentation on full lees, the batches were racked and returned to barrique for maturation. After 9 months in barrique the 2021 Foggy Hill Definitus batch was clear racked and bottled in January of 2022.