2024 Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 750Ml Bottle
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Terre is a sloping vineyard that was planted in 2007 at 10,000 vines per hectare. The planting density results in very low natural yields of, typically, 500 grams or less per vine (i.e. Burgundy Grand Cru levels). De La Terre lies beside the Serré vineyard. The fruit fermented with 100% whole bunches for 10 days before the juice was removed from its stems. The wine then matured in hogsheads (25% new). Randall
'Penned in 2012, James Halliday’s “reminiscent of a young DRC,” remark remains a ringing endorsement for this close-planted site. The 2024 serves as a powerful reminder of the heights this site can scale. Where the 2022 fermented with 100% whole bunches, the new release was complexly destemmed and fermented wild on skins for 10 days before pressing into French oak hogshead barrels, 25% of which were new.' Bibendum
'Planted 2007, clones 777 + 114, high-density, organic 1.78 acres across two blocks with different aspects and orientations. Lifted and savoury, with cherry cola, spice and a ferrous edge. Lighter in frame than Serré, but with plenty of detail and complexity. Amaro-like bitterness to close—a gastronomic Pinot that opens up beautifully in the glass.' Gus Pollard
'The DNA of this site is becoming ever more prominent. De La Terre is lighter and finer in structure than Serré: a wine of delicious earthy allusions which manifest this year in ripe red fruit swaddled in ferrous- and herb-like complexity. The new release is perfumed and intense, yet superbly sculpted and layered with wonderful, cherry-cola fruit, loads of spice and fine, gravelly tannins. A detailed and savoury Pinot Noir that always sits on the edgier side of Bannockburn’s stylistic spectrum.' Bibendum