Pinot Noir
Cellar Selection | Marlborough
Pinot Noir
Vintage 2023 
Description
Viticulture
Winemaking
Our Marlborough Pinot Noir displays a fragrant bouquet of Ripe cherry and wild berries with hints of spice and dried herb. The palate is bright and balanced with fine tannin giving texture and length.
The Marlborough growing season started well with very little frost pressure during spring and healthy soil moisture levels providing lush and vibrant vine canopies. The start of summer 2023 was mild; February temperatures were below the long-term average. However, the weather settled over harvest and delivered a beautiful, dry and warm Indian summer allowing for optimal ripening conditions.
The fruit was harvested during the cool of night and early morning, then destemmed to open-top stainless steel tanks for 3-6 days of cold soak to enhance the development of aroma. A mix of indigenous and cultured yeasts are used for fermentation, with temperatures peaking at 32-34°c to extract the desired colour and tannins. After fermentation, the wine spent 10 months in French oak barriques on lees to add palate weight and texture.

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Juicy and velvety

Tasting notes

  • Cherry
  • Berry
  • Coffee Beans

Our Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Noir has aromatics reminiscent of freshly roasted coffee beans and red summer fruits such as cherries and berries. On the palate, a subtle hint of toasty notes nicely frames the juicy fruit, earthy texture and soft velvety tannins.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Pinot Noir

  • Lamb
  • Duck
  • Beet Salad

Classic pairings for our Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Noir include duck or lamb, but also matches well with roasted beet salad.

 

Best served at: 15 °C / 60 °F

Attractively fruited and nicely lifted, showing sweet cherry, thyme, mixed spice and almond.

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Recipe pairing

Grilled Rack of Lamb and Vegetables

Tasty and elegant, our Grilled Rack of Lamb and Vegetable recipe goes beautifully with the juicy red fruit flavours intermingled with hints of dried herbs in our Pinot Noir.

Scenic & diverse

Marlborough

The dynamic climate of Marlborough helps to produce rich and ripe parcels of fruit. Warm oceanic days concentrate the sugars and cool alpine influenced nights preserve the naturally high acidity within the Pinot Noir grapes.

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