Wairau River Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021

Wairau River Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021French oak Dark berries Almond & spice Ripe tannins "Wonderfully fruited and enticing, the bouquet shows dark berry, violet, olive, almond and subtle game notes, leading to a concentrated palate that's plush and flavoursome. Opulent yet refined and velvety, finishing with seductive complex flavours. At its best: now to 2033" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2022 Showing dense cherry, red berry and lifted spice notes. Beautifully structured with fine ripe

• French oak
• Dark berries
• Almond & spice
• Ripe tannins

"Wonderfully fruited and enticing, the bouquet shows dark berry, violet, olive, almond and subtle game notes, leading to a concentrated palate that's plush and flavoursome. Opulent yet refined and velvety, finishing with seductive complex flavours. At its best: now to 2033" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2022

Showing dense cherry, red berry and lifted spice notes. Beautifully structured with fine ripe tannins and delicious smoky oak undertones.

Flowering commenced in the first week of December. During this period, the region experienced less than perfect flowering conditions which resulted in a lower-than-average potential yield. Balance of yield to canopy health was excellent. January, February, and March produced some of the driest months ever recorded with picking beginning in the last week of February and concluding in the last week of March culminating in one of the earliest vintages in the region and one of the most exceptional harvests we have seen. The warm fine weather through the late summer provided exceptionally clean and healthy fruit, creating a riper spectrum of flavours, this provided the winemakers with an extensive array of complimentary blending components from which to assemble some fantastic wines. The resulting wines from the 2021 vintage have wonderful fruit concentration aromatic power and defining elegance which are all hallmarks of this outstanding vintage. The elegance and poise seen from the 2021 wines will truly make this one of the most celebrated years for some time.

Produced predominantly from our Home vineyard, the grapes were carefully hand harvested in the cool of the early morning and returned to the winery in small bins. Fermentation took place in 4,000 litre open top French oak cuves, with only delicate hand plunging used to extract colour and subtle tannins. The skins were gently pressed off, and the wine aged in French oak barriques for a minimum of 12 months prior to final blending and analysis.