Pinot Noir

A great match with salmon or other fatty fish, roasted chicken or pasta dishes.

In its opulent setting on the banks of the Palmiet River and a private lake in the Elgin Valley Lothian Vineyards shines in a class all of its own. Years of searching for the perfect location finally revealed Elgin’s cool-climate terroir as an elegant setting for growing grapes to produce exceptional Burgundian-style Pinot Noir Chardonnay Riesling and Rose varietals. The Wilson family’s non-interventionist artisanal wine-making technique flows into the feel of Lothian House: a feat of modern architecture designed with sensitivity towards the environment.Lothian estate is distinguished by nature positioned in the Kogelberg Biosphere which possesses 1654 plant species found nowhere else on earth.

The 2021 vintage Pinot Noir comes from a 3.25ha vineyard planted to two different clones.

11 Months in 25% new wood and 2 yrs in bottle

Hand harvested, destemmed, naturally fermented in open fermenters for a period of ten days, utilizing ambient yeasts and delestage to coax both flavour and colour from the fruit. The must was lightly pressed, racked-off into French oak barrique (25% new) and malolactic fermentation occurs in Barrique. The wine was barrel-matured for a period of eleven months and lightly filtered prior to bottling in order to maintain the wine’s integrity and delicate Pinot Noir flavour spectrum.