Chatto Seven Inch Pinot Noir 2023 13.5% 750ml

Chatto Seven Inch Pinot Noir 2023 13.5% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

PALATE
All the Rose petals, Seven Inch is a sumptuous Pinot with velvet like tannins and rich yet chiselled fruit

VINIFICATION
Handpicked. Fermentation – 10 days on skins, hand plunged. 12.5% whole bunch, wild yeast. A blend of four clones: 115, G5V15, D5V12 and 8104.

MATURATION
2 year old French Puncheons.

RANGE NOTES
Planted in 2007 and located about 750m (‘way the crow flies’) from our own Isle Vineyard. Meticulously and lovingly grown by our neighbour Max Kitchell, Seven Inch has been part of the Chatto stable since 2014. We bottled the first standalone wine from this special site in 2018.

94 Points

Bright and reduced aromas of dark cherries, rose petals, boysenberries and gun smoke. The palate is medium-bodied with finely integrated tannins and a creamy texture, giving notes of blackberries, orange peel and raspberries. A delicious and generous wine that will benefit from time in bottle and decanting when ready to drink. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.

James Suckling - jamessuckling.com, 13 November 2024