Tout Près is a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from By Farr, the Farr family's estate in the Moorabool Valley near Bannockburn in Victoria's Geelong region. The name translates loosely as "very cosy", a nod to the vineyard's dense planting of around 7,300 vines per hectare.
Planted in 2001, the vineyard rises above the family's other sites and spans three slopes: black volcanic soil over limestone, quartz gravel with red ironstone, and grey sandy loam threaded with ironstone. It is planted to a mix of Pinot Noir clones (113, 114, 115, 667, 777 and MV6), and the tight spacing and demanding soils make the vines work hard, giving concentrated fruit with the structure to age.
The wine is fermented with whole bunches in an oak fermenter and matured in new French oak from Allier. It is a darker, more powerful style than its sibling RP, with spicy fruit, plum and forest-floor notes, a mineral edge, lively acidity and a long, seamless finish.
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