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Folium PinotN

Name: Folium PinotN
SKU: 120580
Price: 39.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · New Zealand · 13%

$39.99each

What it tastes like

A Marlborough Pinot Noir with vibrant cherry fruit and red berries, silky tannins and an elegant structure.

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Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Folium PinotN

Folium is the small Marlborough label of Takaki Okada, who came to the region in 2003 and worked at Clos Henri before buying a vineyard of his own. It is an 8.5 hectare block in the Brancott Valley, planted in 1996 and previously managed by Fromm.

His big decision was to stop irrigating. The vines had been watered for their whole life, but Okada switched the water off, betting that the clay in Brancott's soils would carry them. The vines were stressed for the first few years and crops were small, and he went back to the hose just once, in 2016, after a very dry spring.

The Pinot Noir is hand harvested and destemmed, then fermented in three tonne open-top fermenters with indigenous yeast. Instead of plunging, the cap is pumped over for a couple of minutes a day for gentle extraction, and there is no cold soak. The wine is pressed to French oak, with 20 to 33 per cent of it new.

Expect sweet cherry and strawberry fruit, a silky texture and fine tannins, with a savoury edge of spice or cedar. Roast chicken, grilled salmon or a mushroom and thyme tart suit that style.