Garagiste Terre De Feu Pinot Noir 2023 petit-verdot Outstanding alternative style

Outstanding alternative style

Significant lack of precipitation and temperatures that rose above seasonal averages in June and July caused the vines to respond by limiting vegetative growth and reducing cluster size

Planted at altitudes up to 400-metres located in the north of the island (Ponta Delgada and São Vincente)

The aromas are intense and evoke raspberry and wild cherry becoming more complex with age: undergrowth truffle candied fruit

and is planted with 50-70 year-old vines

Garagiste Terre De Feu Pinot Noir 2023 petit-verdot Outstanding alternative styleCropped from a specific half acre of the Merricks Grove vineyard, Terre de Feu (the Land of Fire) takes its name from the vein of pure red ferrosol soils of this plot. Many years ago, Barney noticed that the vines in this ironstone buttonhole were producing slightly smaller bunches, yielding wines of greater depth and concentration. Thus, in 2013 the decision was made to create this micro cuve. The power of the fruit enables a whole bunch ferment, and