2024 Peregrine Pinot Noir Half Bottle 375mL, Central Otago

Please note: this is the 375mL size of the wine (half bottle)

A Bendigo- and Pisa-sourced pinot noir; 20% whole bunch and matured for 11 months in French oak, 22% new. Shows pure red and dark cherry, wild strawberry and plum fruits over hints of exotic spice, pomegranate, charcuterie, wildflowers, leaf litter and crushed rocks. Taut and pure, with ripe cherry and plum fruits etched with spice and schist, fine, sinewy tannins with just the right amount of chew, and a bright cherry-skin acidity and a long stretch of flavour on the exit. Drink to 2038.

94 points Dave Brookes for Halliday Wine Companion, October 2026 

From long 2024 season yielding excellent quality fruit, the 2024 Peregrine Pinot Noir is a 70/30 blend of estate grown organic fruit from Central Otago’s Bendigo and Pisa subregions. Open top fermented with a 20% inclusion of whole bunches, the musts were mainly pumped over and only plunged during peak fermentation. The pressed wine matured for eleven months in French oak barriques of which 22% were new.

About this producer

The well-regarded Peregrine Wines was established in 1998 by a group of investors headed by Greg Hay, with the Lachlan family gradually becoming proprietors from 2003.

The estate takes its name from the endangered karearea or peregrine falcon, and is spread across three certified organic Central Otago vineyards in the Gibbston, Bendigo and Pisa subregions. Fruit is also sourced from a small handful of other local growers but kept for the secondary Saddleback label.

Winemaker Nadine Cross has headed the work at the winery since 2010.