Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020 $75
You don’t earn Best in Show at the Decanter World Wine Awards and become one of the 50 greatest wines on the planet for being ‘good’. You also don’t earn Gold medals at the London International Wine Challenge, scores of 95/100 from Masters of Wine and Master Sommeliers or a ‘Classic Wine of New Zealand’ ranking by Michael Cooper for being ‘great’. You get those gongs for being exotically perfumed and saturated with wild cherry and tamarillo intensity, silky textures and boasting a vanilla-laced, smoky finish. Duck liver parfait? Delicious! Drink now – 2032
