LITTLE FORAGER PINOT NOIR 2025

Forager is the passionate side project of Dominic Maxwell, founding winemaker of Greystone in Waipara. This 'Little' Forager is a new wine to sit alongside his impressive Forager Pinot Noir.

The Little Forager is a blend of three North Canterbury Pinot Noir vineyards; capturing three different soils types, river gravels, silt loam and chalky limestone.

The resulting wine is a little lighter on its feet compared to its 'Older Sibling' and is real pinot lover's pinot. Nice and approachable with subtle complexity and ripe red fruits, we all thought it would be a lovely wine to have with a slight chill in spring/summer or a generous BBQ style pinot.

Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"This is the second release of this Pinot Noir, following on from a small 2023 release. Little Forager is my homage to the Village wines of Burgundy. This is made from three small North Canterbury vineyards – hand tended and hand picked before a natural fermentation and extended time on skins for extraction of beautiful textures and flavours. Gently hand plunged daily, this wine was made using traditional techniques including ageing in French oak barrels for 10 months prior to bottling without fining."

Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2026 (2025 Vintage)
"If you are looking for a Pinot Noir with a lower oak impact, polished tannins and lots of red berry fruit flavours then look no further. This is a complete wine ready to drink and makes a great stepping stone expression before the big full-bodied reds are served. You might even stay with this wine throughout dinner (or lunch). Flavours of fresh red cherry flesh, boysenberry and savoury dried herb qualities. A dry wine touches the palate with an abundance of fine tannins, plenty of polish, the acid line is pristine carrying the flavours of red berries, a whisper of oak spices and savoury earth mineral ideas. A wine of texture, lengthy and well made a first pour on warm summer days. Best from day of purchase through 2034."