This incredibly fragrant & elegant wine with great tension & incredible layers of red fruit , spice & earth. The aromas are both intriguing and complex: fresh berry, wild game, gun smoke, baking spice & wild thyme. The palate is long and bright with cherry, blackcurrant, cardamom and delicious savoury undertones. Silky fine tannins compliment the vibrant acidity, giving the wine length and memory. This wine is drinking beautifully at release and will continue to do so for at least a decade.
98 points Sam Kim wineorbit.co.nz
An extremely attractive, perfumed, heady wine with ripe, candied, cherry-fruit aromas, and notes of thyme, black pepper with plenty of expensive, creamy bacon rind/barrel, char oak in support. Medium-full-bodied with lots of red berry flavours, a nice crunchy texture, vibrant, salivating acidity and a taut, long, mineral finish. Youthful and will benefit with time in the bottle, but undeniably delicious now
Elegant pinot noir with sweet cherry, fragrant plum, a hint of wood-smoke, violet and subtle spicy oak flavours. A high-energy wine with a suggestion of oyster-shell. Delicious now but better later. 02 MAR 2021
95 points Bob Campbell MW therealreview.com MAR 2021 Drink 2021–2030
This incredibly fragrant and elegant wine is from our relatively cool site in Bannockburn in a cool growing season resulting in a wine with great tension and incredible layers of red fruit, spice and earth. The aromas are both intriguing and complex: fresh berry, wild game, gun smoke, baking spice and wild thyme. The palate is long and bright with cherry, blackcurrant, cardamom, and delicious savoury undertones. Silky fine tannins compliment the vibrant acidity, giving the wine length and memory.
Product/Service Sold Out | No |
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En Primeur | No |
New Arrivals | No |
Wine Type | Red Wine |
Wine Style | Traditional |
Country | New Zealand |
Region | Bannockburn |
Varietals | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2019 |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Wine Points | 98 |