Serré, planted in 1984 and extended in 1986, is certified organic as of 2021. It is planted at 1.2m x 1.2m spacing (6,944 vines/hectare) with MV6 clone Pinot Noir on its own roots. This is likely the oldest high-density planting of Pinot Noir in Australia. With north-south row orientation and a complex soil profile of mixed clay over weathered basalt and limestone, it is naturally low-yielding. This vineyard is responsible for some of our finest, most powerful, and long-lived Pinot Noir wines.
Handpicked fruit was fermented in open-top fermenters, with a portion of whole cluster layered through the ferments. The wine spent 12 days on skins before being pressed to French oak hogsheads, of which 40% was new. Malolactic fermentation occurred naturally, and the wine remained untouched, on lees, through maturation for 10 months prior to blending and bottling.