DESCRIPTION

HALCYON DAYS HELIACAL RISE 2022 10% alc

Blend: 66% Pinot Noir Rose, 33% skin fermented Chardonnay.

Certified organic, no additions from Heretaunga, Hawke’s Bay.

The Pinot Noir was handpicked in one day from the 115 clone block in the vineyard’s mid-terrace. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed to produce rosé juice and fermented with indigenous yeasts.

The Chardonnay portion was also handpicked, this time across three days. These picks, from our three favourite Chardonnay blocks across the site, were destemmed into open fermenters and fermented with no added yeast. The Chardonnay is treated a little like a red wine with a gentle hand plunge when we feel it’s needed. It was then pressed and combined after two weeks on skins.