2021 Lucy M Le Cimetière Piccadilly Pinot Noir

VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
REGION: Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic
WINEMAKER: Anton Von Klopper

The ‘Cemetery Block’ is at the base of the Piccadilly Valley on Alluvial Black Sandy soil, the vines are cane pruned. This farm is run by Jenny and James Griggs who are the 6th generation to farm that block. Whole bunches of grapes were foot stomped prior to ferment and then the macerated bunches were placed in a 2000l oak fermentor and gently foot plunged once a day for three weeks. The wine was pressed and aged in 800l clay huevo. Serious pinot!!!

"The 2021 vintage was really good for us. It started with a wet spring which also benefited our new plantings of Trousseau, Grenache Blanc, Gamay, Garganega, Sangiovese….. (a mixed bag) with sunny windless days around flowering which led to good fruit set.. This was followed by a cool summer which keep the vines calm with even slow ripening. Thank you for your kindness Demeter for the bountiful harvest."

"We are proud of being among the first natural winemakers in Australia with the first vintage in 2007 and now to have achieved making wines that are chemical free. But our commitment to human health has led us to trying to make wines with lowers alcohols by picking early and changing of winemaking techniques because we feel that a wine at 11.5-12% or lower is better for you and more enjoyable socially. In the last couple of years we have worked on reducing VA, mousiness and lacticobacillis fermentation in bottle, common challenges in making natural wine. Making natural wines that are sound is an art and a skill but there is no better wine to drink!"