Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020 $22 Sourced from the famed Claim 431 vineyard, this superb value for money pinot noir is packed with punchy raspberry and cherry characters, floral feistiness on the nose, fresh acidity and saucy spice layers on the finish. Easy, lush and very very nice for the price. Mud House
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Calvert Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018
Calvert Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 $64 Lovers of great New Zealand pinot noir will be familiar with the name ‘Calvert’. It appears on some of the greatest examples to ever come from Central Otago. The vineyard itself is located on Felton Road in Bannockburn and the Calvert family were one of the first … Read More
Folding Hill Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017
Folding Hill Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 $45 A bumper 2017 harvest means that finally there’s more Folding Hill pinot noir to go around than previous vintages and that’s an excellent thing. This year the pinot has less of the meaty, earthy, savoury tones of the 2016 and more of the blueberry, tamarillo and spice … Read More
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016
Folding Hill Orchard Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 $45 Just 80 cases were made of this smooth, silky pinot noir, which grows in a small block next door to an orchard of cider apple trees. Wild fermented and matured in oak barrels for 20 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered, this is a … Read More
Astrolabe Comelybank Waihopai Pinot Noir 2019
Astrolabe Comelybank Waihopai Pinot Noir 2019 $50 If you hear wine people waffling on about the pinot noir characters that come from Marlborough’s Southern Valleys and you’re struggling to relate, then all you need to do is sip this. The Comelybank site, owned by Jeff and Vanessa Hammond, is located near the confluence of the … Read More
Tiki Wine Maui Waipara Pinot Noir 2019
Tiki Wine Maui Waipara Pinot Noir 2019 $18 Bright as a button and bursting with berries, cherries and all things ‘erries’. Quite how the folk at Tiki Wines are able to make this lithe, luscious, flavour-stacked Maui pinot noir for next to nix is beyond me. Like why dogs do clockwise circles before they curl … Read More
Bald Hills Friends & Lovers Single Vineyard Bannockburn Central Otago Rosé 2020
Bald Hills Friends & Lovers Single Vineyard Bannockburn Central Otago Rosé 2020 $30 Pretty apricot-blush coloured in the glass, this deliciously dry style crafted from handpicked pinot noir, has classic watermelon and red apple aromatics colliding with a hint of creaming soda and soft spices on the palate. Cleansing, crunchy-crisp, yet generously proportioned, it’s an … Read More
Chard Farm River Run Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Chard Farm River Run Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019 $34 The Hay family’s River Run vineyards which supply the fruit for this wine are located in Gibbston Valley and in the Cromwell Basin, and in 2019 they sure as heck produced incredibly smart, incredibly pure grapes for this glorious thing. Glossy and gorgeous in the … Read More
Doctors Flat Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018
Doctors Flat Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 $51.50 Roaring with tamarillo, rhubarb and wild cherry on the nose and palate, followed by a whack of dark cocoa and roasted spices, makes this an exciting wine for fans of Central Otago pinot noir for sure. It’s got character, style and charm. Brisk acidity and sandy, chewy … Read More
Te Pa Wines Signature Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019
te Pā Wines Signature Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 $24.99 I’ve got a feeling that news of how good this wine is could spread around the country faster than Twitter sharing the identities of a Covid-breaching couple seeking name suppression after being snapped in Wanaka. Powerfully aromatic, soaked in cherry and tamarillo, berry tea and … Read More