Mason Pinot Nero Manincor 2022 (750ML)

Manincor bled off 15% of the juice before fermenting its 2022 Mason, a 100% Pinot Noir from a four-hectare, south-facing terrace 400 to 450 meters above Lake Kaltern. Small-berried French clones root there among dolomite, porphyry, gneiss and granite, kept dry by a steady breeze. The estate, founded in 1608 and run by Count Michael Goëss-Enzenberg, is certified biodynamic under Respekt-BIODYN. After an early, warm summer and cool autumn nights, picking came on September 22 at 31 hl/ha. Native yeasts fermented it in open-top wooden vats, with two weeks on the skins and a daily hand punch-down, before 16 months on the fine lees in French barriques, 20% new. Raspberry, cranberry, dark cherry and rose petal lead, touched with liquorice, eucalyptus and black pepper, over supple tannin and a lively, rock-edged finish. It is at home with seared salmon, trout wrapped in speck or a board of mountain cheeses.