TERRACE EDGE SAINT LAURENT 2018

Vineyard of the Year – NZ Organic Wine Awards 2021
Gold Medal – NZ Organic Wine Awards 2021
Gold Medal – Alpine Pacific Wine Challenge 2021

Saint Laurent is an exciting premium red varietal grown widely in Austria. It produces dark skinned berries with smooth velvety tannins. Genetically it is thought to be a ‘wild cousin’ of Pinot Noir.

Often thought of as a ‘gentle giant’ – this is because the wine is big in colour but on the palate it’s gentle with beautiful smooth, silky tannins. Cropping levels are kept low to ensure the fruit is concentrated. Varietal flavours are accumulated through hang time on the vines well into Autumn.

Winery Notes (2018 Vintage)
"Hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeast, then matured in French oak for 11 months (25% new), this wine then undergoes natural malolactic fermentation.

Sweetly fruited and inviting on the nose with Black Doris plum, blueberry, violet and toasted almond character. It is beautifully rounded on the palate, delivering bright fruit intensity and polished tannins."

91/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2019 (2018 Vintage)
"The wine is sweetly fruited and inviting on the nose showing Black Doris plum, blueberry, violet, toasted almond and olive characters with a touch of spicy complexity. It is succulent and beautifully rounded on the palate, delivering bright fruit intensity and supple mouthfeel, elegantly framed by fine, polished tannins. At its best: now to 2023."