William Downie Cathedral Pinot Noir, 2025 Alsace they craft their wine by

they craft their wine by farming 15-50 year old vines organically

He is continually reading about new viticultural techniques while at the same time recovering traditional farming methods of the past

BARREL AGING 1/3 neutral French oak

specifically a local Verdello clone

consistently producing well-respected

William Downie Cathedral Pinot Noir, 2025 Alsace they craft their wine byBlack plum, green herbs, lilac shrub, fresh strawberry. Palate has a garrigue like essence, with persimmon and tart raspberry. William Downie represents the pinnacle of minimal intervention, site specific pinot noir in Australia. He focuses on Gippsland, a sprawling region east of the Yarra Valley in Victoria. The Cathedral bottling comes from predominately King Valley from vines on old volcanic soil. Additionally there are grapes from Upper Goulburn