Pinot Noir
Private Bin | Marlborough
Pinot Noir
Vintage 2021 
Description
Vineyards
Viticulture
Our Private Bin Marlborough Pinot Noir leaps from the glass with vivid flavours of red cherries and raspberries with a dusting of smooth spice.
The Private Bin Pinot Noir is a blend from specially chosen vineyards in the Awatere and Wairau Valleys. The varying soil types, meso-climates offer different tannin structures, flavours and aromas to the wine.
Summer was dry and mild with Marlborough's signature high sunshine hours and cool nights delivering fruit in the best possible condition. The early autumn season provided Marlborough with very stable weather conditions therefore fruit was able to reach optimum physiological and flavour ripeness. The fruit was impeccably clean and the lower yields meant that the grapes packed a punch in flavour and concentration.
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Fruit-driven

Tasting notes

  • Cherry
  • Spices
  • Raspberry

A fruit-driven style of Pinot Noir with a lively personality, this wine expresses an abundance of red cherries on the nose, along with baking spices such as clove and cinnamon. On the palate, fruit flavours of cranberries and fresh raspberries are intermingled with freshly roasted coffee beans and soft cocoa like-tannins.

Pairing suggestions

How to enjoy our Pinot Noir

  • Chicken
  • Smoked Salmon
  • Mature Cheese

Pinot Noir is incredibly versatile and will go well with roast chicken, duck confit, smoked salmon or simply with mature cheddar cheese.

 

Best served at: 15 °C / 60 °F

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 Private Bin Pinot Noir.

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Dynamic

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. Within Marlborough, sub-regions such as the Wairau, Awatere and Southern Valleys all offer specific expressions of Pinot Noir.

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