NATURAL WINE｜2023 A Change is Gonna Come Pinot Noir

2023 A Change is Gonna Come Pinot Noir

Varietal Composition｜100% Pinot Noir
Flavour｜A fragrant mix of raspberry, sarsaparilla, sage, pepper, cherry and hazelnut.
Palate｜Light-bodied yet layered, with fine, abundant tannins. Vibrant and energetic, while maintaining poise, freshness and elegance.
Region｜Adelaide Hills
Alcohol｜12%
Drinking Window｜2023 – 2026

About the Vineyard
Pinot Noir from Adelaide Hills is one of the winery’s most cherished varietals. Growing and making it demands close observation and restraint from interfering too much. Pinot Noir is a journey, and beautiful fruit is essential. That beauty comes from the exceptional vineyards of Piccadilly and Lenswood, though yields are limited and increasingly rare. Spring 2023 was cool, followed by a long, mild summer. Harvest came late in the season, with fruit fully ripe and free from disease.

Vinification
Grapes were hand-harvested and vinified in two separate parcels. The Piccadilly batch was 100% whole-bunch fermented. The Lenswood parcel was 30% whole bunch, with the remainder destemmed and crushed. The whole-bunch ferment was sealed with plastic to exclude oxygen and left for six weeks before being pressed into new oak barrels. The Lenswood ferment received gentle hand plunging twice daily for nine days, then was pressed into barrel, 30% of which was new oak. All barrels were blended three weeks prior to bottling. The wine is unfined and unfiltered, with only a minimal addition of SO₂ at bottling.

About the Winery
Charlotte Dalton Wines is based in Port Elliot, South Australia, founded in 2015 by Charlotte Hardy with a philosophy of low-intervention winemaking. In 2016, just months after the first release, James Halliday named it one of Australia’s “Top 10 Best New Wineries” and awarded it 5 stars. Charlotte was a Top 10 finalist in the 2017 Young Gun of Wine awards, and in 2021 she won the Young Gun of Wine trophy.