{"product_id":"blank-canvas-settlement-vineyard-marlborough-pinot-noir-2020","title":"Blank Canvas Settlement Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlank Canvas Settlement Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegion: Marlborough, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage: 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottle size: 75cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrape: Pinot Noir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABV: 13%\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir is a classic representation of Pinot Noir from the Omaka Valley with great density and power. Ripe blue and red fruits transition seamlessly to an attractive savoury edge of forest floor and sappy aromatic spices. It is an incredibly structured and impressive wine, built to age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe stunning Settlement Vineyard is in the Omaka Valley sub-region of the Southern Valleys. Blank Canvas are entrusted with a small one-hectare parcel of Clone 777 Pinot Noir, a perfumed Dijon clone that delivers naturally small bunches. This hillside block, called the 'Back Block', is north-facing and planted to a high density of 3788 vines per hectare on wind-blown loess over low vigour clay loams. The vineyard was planted in 2009 and is now Bio-Gro certified and farmed organically. It is cane pruned and VSP trained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo-thirds of the fruit was left as whole clusters while the balance was destemmed and crushed over the top in the open-tank fermenter. The fruit was kept cool until natural fermentation commenced after four days. The tank was hand-plunged throughout its 15-day fermentation period after which the wine was drained and pressed to barrel where it completed malolactic fermentation. The oak regime was 100% French oak barriques (35% new, low-toast) for 12 months with a further three months in tank to gently and naturally settle. It was bottled without filtration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlank Canvas is the vinous studio of award-winning international winemaking consultant Matt Thomson and Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson. With over 40 years of collective experience in the global wine industry, they produce small batch fine wines from exceptional single vineyard sites throughout New Zealand under their art-meets-science project.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/blankcanvaswines.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"London End Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64667152515449,"sku":"204132020","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0506\/5405\/2509\/files\/BlankCanvasSettlementVineyardMarlboroughPinotNoir.webp?v=1789975928","url":"https:\/\/www.londonendwines.com\/products\/blank-canvas-settlement-vineyard-marlborough-pinot-noir-2020","provider":"London End Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}