2011 Alan McCorkindale Pinot Noir, Waipara

Single Vineyard’ Pinot Noir harvested from the clay/limestone slopes of the ‘Montserrat’ vineyard in New Zealand’s Waipara Valley. This close planted, low yielding vineyard is unirrigated, with ungrafted vines. The 2011 season was defined by high sunshine hours but very cool nights. Traditional Burgundian winemaking has created a New Zealand Pinot Noir in an Old World style. This Pinot Noir has a garnet colour and is a multilayered, complex wine, with aromas of raspberry, brambles, and blueberry, and hints of exotic spices. The palate is focussed and concentrated, savoury, with gentle tannins, subtle oak and a very long finish.