Pinot Noir 2016 NZ

Tasting notes

From Waipawa in Central Hawke’s Bay, an exciting new New Zealand region with Pinot-friendly limestone, this Pinot Noir is ripe and juicy, smokey with spice and dark fruit aromas and flavours, along with complex savoury and earth characters.

A well balanced wine that has bright acid and textured minerality, giving persistent length along with well-integrated, fine, chalky tannins.

Style notes

• Pinot Noir flourishes at Lime Rock due to our cooler climate, altitude and limestone soils.
• A range of flavours and complexity are found in the wines because of graduation in soil depth down the slope, different aspects of hills along with nine different clones, including Burgundian.
• Handpicked on sweetness, balance, flavour, colour, condition of the grapes and the vines. From top of hills, often part rows are picked, returning when flavour improves.
• Aged for 8 months in premium French oak, including coopers Mercurey, Dargaud and Jaegle and Francois Frere. 18% of wine in 1 and 2 year old oak barriques.
• Best principles of winemaking maintains and enhances the aromas, flavours, structure and texture of the wine. Vineyard is certified sustainable and managed following ecological processes.