Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 castello-di-monsanto 100% Pinot Noir produced only

100% Pinot Noir produced only in the very best years for Pinot Noir with a total production about 500 dozen bottles

Almond meal and blossom mix with barley water

giving this current bottling some delicious zip

Elegant with a feeling of freshness to the ripe nectarine grapefruit and citrus flavours there’s also a light creaminess to the textural feel brought on by elements of dried honey nougat and subtle biscuity oak

with an average duration of 5 – 7 days during which the cap was plunged twice daily to ensure gentle colour and tannin extraction

Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 castello-di-monsanto 100% Pinot Noir produced onlyThe 2023 vintage; it is a thing as is this wine. In seasons when you can wait, and pause, and asses the grapes for perfect tannin ripeness is when you know you have something special going on. Not too hot, not too cold, it was the Goldilocks season where everything was just right. In this instance from what I see as the best part of the Sheoak vineyard slope, we have made an effortless wine with the finest of tannin structures. We commenced picking