Lawson’s Dry Hills Reserve Pinot Noir 2013 $28 ★★★★★
Marcus Wright and Becs Wiffen are like the Torvill and Dean of New Zealand winemaking teams, and the emotion involved in drinking this wine they’ve created is like watching those athletes ice-skate their Bolero routine at the 1984 Olympics all over again. That sense of something really special is about to happen because this is a wine where art and science dance around on your palate unfurling impossible amounts of flavour in perfect harmony. Clove, cherry, truffle, pepper, black tea, pomegranate, cocoa and the rest. As you work your way through the glass it’s like that tune, it builds in momentum and you’re left thinking how on earth do they do that? How did they create something so darn beautiful, using so much strength, power and grace that it’s impossible to look at anything else for the next five minutes. Until someone splashes a little more into your glass that is… www.lawsonsdryhills.co.nz
