{"product_id":"2024-rikard-black-label-pinot-noir","title":"2024 RIKARD Black Label Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Black Label Pinot Noir is our flagship wine, only made in exceptional vintages. It is a selection of the best barrels of the vintage, made from our highest Pinot Noir sites in a full, complex and robust style. Fruit that goes into this wine tends to be of a darker fruit spectrum, slightly riper with a fuller, more intense mid-palate weight.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Black Label Pinot Noir\u003c\/strong\u003e is our flagship wine, only made in exceptional vintages. It is a selection of the best barrels of the vintage, made from our highest Pinot Noir sites, in a full, complex and robust style. Fruit that goes into our Black Label tends to be of a darker fruit spectrum, slightly riper with a fuller, more intense mid-palate weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour\u003c\/strong\u003e - A deep red colour with purple hues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e - Shows dark cherry compote, with violets and plums. There's a cinnamon\/clove spice character intermingled with forest floor and leather. An intense dark berry fruit palate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e - Lovely acidity balance and a strong savoury edge. The tannin is grainy and supportive of other elements in the wine, contributed to evenly by skins, stalks and barrel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA block-font-kerning-none block-font-feature-liga-off block-font-feature-clig-off block-font-feature-calt-off direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eA powerful, structural wine - one for the ages!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaking notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandpicked into 10kg picking lugs from three different sites ranging from 860 – 1080m ASL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Clones of Pinot Noir - 777 (20%), 115 (60%), MV6 (20%)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAverage of 15% whole cluster fermentation by native yeasts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e21 days on skins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePressed and racked to French oak 228L barriques\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eNatural malolactic fermentation in barrel \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003e14 months in oak.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlended to tank and matured in stainless steel for 6 months\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo fining or filtration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBottled on site\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"RIKARD Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45794939109420,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/5567\/7228\/files\/rikard-pinot-black-2o24-100K.png?v=1783906635","url":"https:\/\/rikardwines.com.au\/products\/2024-rikard-black-label-pinot-noir","provider":"RIKARD Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}