Tapanappa ‘DEFINITUS’ 2022 Pinot Noir

The hand-harvested Pinot Noir fruit from the Definitus section of the Foggy Hill Vineyard was delivered to the Tapanappa Winery in the Piccadilly Valley.

Because of the cool vintage, no whole fruit was included in the fermentation tubs. The tubs were filled with destemmed, crushed and chilled must, then were immediately 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 Definitus tubs were sealed to allow 5 days of maceration on skins then pressed to barriques (one-third new) with an inoculation of a malolactic bacterial strain.

After malolactic fermentation on full lees, the Definitus was racked and returned to barrique for maturation. After 8 months in barrique wine made from the Definitus was clear racked, ready for bottling in January 2023.