Pale green/yellow in colour. Soft butterscotch, peach, apricot, lime, nutmeg and floral characters highlight the nose. Honey, quince, spice and cedar characters compliment the well balanced yet voluptuous palate. Firm acidity and elegant oak compliment the palate of this fine wine. Excellent flavour ripeness was achieved between 12.5 and 13.0 Baume.

The grapes were hand harvested between the 15th of March and the 25h of April. The grapes were whole bunch pressed by membrane vacuum press and allowed to settle overnight at 5’c. The resultant clear juice was racked with some fine lees to 50% stainless steel, Francois Frere and Sequin Moreau puncheons (3 + years) and 20% new oak. Fermentation was carried out at 18 to 23’c degrees Celsius for between 2 and 3 weeks. Barrels were lees stirred once per fortnight for 12 months.

The wine was then protein stabilised and allowed to cold stabilise at minus 2 degrees Celsius for 1 month then sterile filtered and bottled.

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Artemis wines are produced by the Balog family in the Southern Highlands region. Winemaker brothers, Anton and Mark Balog began making wine here in 1996 with passion to produce wines of European complexity and structure with intense Australian varietal definition.

We teamed up with Anton to bring frankly superb cool climate Pinot Noir from NSW from his estate to our portfolio and with luck into the glasses of Sydney and Melbourne showcasing what an emerging region we have on our doorstep with some great winemaking a contemporary labelling.