In Dreams Pinot Noir 2017

Like a reverie where zebras gallop through the green hills of the Yarra Valley, In Dreams' Pinot Noir is intriguing, original and extremely pleasant. Kicking goals in their first year, the Pinot Noir has been awarded 95 points by James Halliday and featured as a wine of the week.

The fruitilicious wine inside the gorgeous bottle has vibrant raspberry and spice flavours, as well as a little oakiness from its time in French barrels. Made in small batches and fermented with wild yeast, a lot of time, care and love has gone into making this delicious red wine, and it shows. Awarded a Bronze Medal at the 2015 Melbourne Wine Awards, this Pinot Noir is the stuff dreams are made of.

The fruit for In Dreams Pinot Noir is selected from vineyards spanning from the cool, high-altitude vineyards of Seville in the Upper Yarra and St Andrews in the far north-west of the region, complimented by fruit from Coldstream and Dixons Creek on the Valley floor. Altitudes vary from 130m above sea level to 240m and soil types include both red volcanic loams and grey clay loams overlying mudstone. Clonal components of Abel, MV6, 114 and 115. The handpicked fruit went into open pot fermenters with 15% whole bunches included. Pump-overs were carried out once per day to wet the cap without over-extracting. The juice was pressed off after 8 days to French oak for 10 months maturation. This Pinot was bottled without any fining.