INGRAM ROAD
Ingram Rd is an exciting range of wines from Helen’s Hill Estate, a boutique winery in the renowned Yarra Valley. The Ingram Rd range of wines are made following traditional boutique wine making techniques only found at the top end of the price range; premium fruit from select vineyards in the Yarra Valley and Central Victoria, small batch sizes, open top fermenters, full French oak maturation, 'wild' fermentation, hand crafted by a single winemaker...all trademarks of quality boutique wines. Ingram Rd delivers these qualities, without the price tag!
SCOTT MCCARTHY
Winemaker Scott McCarthy was born in the wine game. From the moment he was old enough to walk his father had him in the family vineyard picking grapes. Scott joined Yalumba and after spending 10 years working in the Barossa Valley, he spent a number of years in areas as diverse as the USA's Napa Valley, the Loire Valley and Languedoc region in France, and Marlborough, in New Zealand. He came to realise that making wines from a cool climate region was where his true winemaking passion lay, and as a result he settled back in Australia at one of the best cool climate regions in the world; the Yarra Valley.
Pinot Noir
This Ingram Road Pinot Noirs style’s holds true to the mantra of the entire Ingram Road range. Fruit driven wines, with a minimalist approach in the winery. We take the best of the vineyard and bring it straight to your tastebuds. This Pinot’s a great example of that. Light red fruits blended expertly with subtle tannins. It’s the wine we make to introduce people to the potential of Pinot Noir. The first step along the road of discovering the world’s most elegant style of red wine should start here.
Winemaker’s Notes
Picked on flavour alone, the fruit is destemmed and lightly crushed, spending 10 days on skins in open top fermenters. Once primary ferment is complete, this wine is pressed off into French oak barrels (10% new) for 11 months on fine lees. The wine is not racked or stirred until it is racked for bottling in keeping with our minimalist approach in the winery.
Tasting Notes
Utilizing full French oak maturation our Ingram Pinot Noir display rich varietal characters on the nose, sweet cherry and strawberry flavours on the front and mid palate with a savoury, earthy (spicy) finish on the back palate. Thanks to the French oak, the wine has a wonderful full textural mouth weight and long lasting finish. Colour: Aroma: Palate: Bright Crimson Strawberries, dried herbs Strawberries, sour cherry, silky tannins.
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