Pinot Noir
Private Bin | Marlborough
Pinot Noir
Vintage 2022 
Description
Viticulture
Winemaking
This wine expresses aromas of ripe cherry and raspberry, intermingled with subtle spiced notes of cinnamon and cloves. On the palate, flavours of cranberry and juicy pomegranate with hints of freshly roasted coffee beans flow to a finish of soft cocoa like-tannins.
The 2022 growing season started off well with very little frost pressure during spring. Flowering went without a hitch due to healthy soil moisture levels and settled weather, leading to balanced crop levels and lush canopies. The start of summer was slightly cooler; February temperatures were below the long-term average with intermittent rain fall. The weather eventually settled allowing for optimal ripening conditions.
The Private Bin Pinot Noir is a blend from specially chosen vineyards throughout Marlborough's Awatere and Wairau Valleys. The varying soil types and meso-climates offer a complex array of flavours, aromas and textures to the wine.
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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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