Black Estate Home North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2017 $45 Mushroom Paté – matched in dish magazine Summer 2020 You don’t have to say mushroom paté twice to get me opening a bottle of the Black Estate Home North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2017 ($45). With 75% whole berries in the 100% wild ferment (kickstarted in the … Read More
Pinot Noir
Rock & Pillar Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017
Rock & Pillar Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 $29 Really enjoyed this lush, plush, cherry-driven pinot that’s showing deliciously savoury, forest floor notes on the nose and palate and a really silky-textured finish. Fruit saturated and finely-tuned. I love it! www.southernwines.co.nz
Loopline Vineyard Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2018
Loopline Vineyard Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2018 $22 (not released, may be in new label) Bright ruby colour, intensely aromatic, clove, alspice, nutmeg, black tea, cocoa and wild cherry, solid acidity, tree bark, slight salinity, earthy edge yet has truckloads of flavour and a deep, dried herb, pepper – loads of good stuff here! It’s perfumed … Read More
Te Mata Estate Alma Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018
Te Mata Estate Alma Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018 $60 Ultra-bright and bouncing with broody cherry and mulberry fruit, it’s fresh, vibrant and showing great depth and developing character. The fruit appears ripe and yet shows restraint and the tannins have good cling and I feel they’ll integrate further with the fruit over time. Savoury … Read More
Te Mata Estate Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018
Te Mata Estate Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2018 $29 An ultra-fresh pinot noir that pushes fruit and spice out to the edges of the mouth, youthful yet intensely savoury cherry and hedgerow fruit focus, it’s a lovely thing to drink and demonstrates great potential for Hawke’s Bay pinot noir. The tannins have great cling and … Read More
Rock N Pillar Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016
Rock N Pillar Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 $29 Sourced from a single vineyard overlooking the Dunstan Basin, the Rock n Pillar pinot noir is fast becoming one of my favourite things. Perfumed with forest floor, smoked strawberry, tree bark and cherry, it’s a full-yet-elegant style that’ll shiver your timbers and rattle your dags. The … Read More
Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Pink Pinot 2019
Lawson’s Dry Hills Marlborough Pink Pinot 2019 $25 If your recent rosé experiences have been a tad lacklustre, and you’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places, then PINK is here to help. Bish, bolshy, bold and with meat on its bones, PINK is made from 100% Pinot Noir from Lawson’s Chaytors Road … Read More
Pohangina Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2009
Pohangina Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2009 $35 It’s a rare thing in New Zealand to still be able to buy pinot noir produced back in 2009 but located in the Pohangina Valley about 23 km from Palmerston North is a place where you can. Pohangina Valley Estate is situated on a stony river terrace framed … Read More
Askerne Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2017
Askerne Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2017 $22 If you’re a fiend for all things savoury, then this spicy, earthy, meaty example from Askerne will be right up your cul de sac. Leather and forest floor and roasting pan notes combine on the nose and palate, followed by dried herb and cough-drop complexity on the finish. … Read More
Mount Brown North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2017
Mount Brown North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2017 $21.99 I first tasted this wine in April 2018 and upon recently re-tasting it, I had to adjust my notes because it’s maturing into something rather sensational. Bright crimson in the glass and bursting with redcurrant, wild strawberry, raspberry and cherry notes on the nose and palate, … Read More