Area under vines: 26,6 hectares
Soils: mixture of clay and sand
Average age of the vines: 35
Planting density: 8000 vines/ha
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The 2015 Block 5 Pinot Noir is lucid ruby in the glass. It has a pure, plush, intoxicating bouquet whose scents seem to wrap their arms around your senses: crushed strawberry, cranberry, rose petals and peony, all very generous but well defined. The rounded palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, a velvety texture and a lush, very sensual finish that slips down the throat almost too easily. A gorgeous Block 5 that is going to be difficult to resist.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2033
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Block 5 Pinot Noir is youthfully reticent, offering delicate earth and floral notes over a core of red berries and pomegranate, plus a waft of garrigue. Light to medium-bodied, it has a fine backbone of satiny textured tannins and just enough acid to carry the perfumed fruit to a good, long finish. Give it another couple of years in bottle to see it really strut its stuff.
Anticipated maturity: 2018-2025
