Moorilla Estate Praxis Pinot Noir 2016

The combination of various batches of fruit from St. Matthias defines our resulting wine style. Essentially a softer and silkier tannin with less time in oak coupled with a more fruit forward style but tempered with some wild yeast complexity. This vintage is no different and again I harvested fruit slightly lower in ripeness to try to avoid higher alcohol content. As with last year I have also allowed a very slightly higher amount of new wood (from 16% to now 20%) to try to hold the fruit but provide slightly richer oak character. I’ve had a number of older vintages that have matured very well, however I continue to think this wine is best suited to enjoy within two years.