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Buy OnlineWinery notes (2020 Vintage)
"Dark ruby in colour. The nose is full of dark fruit, mocha, cassis, and nutmeg. The palate is complex with plum and earthy notes supported by vanillin and fine oak and a long smooth finish.
Hand harvested fruit was 100% destemmed to tank. A 4-day cold soak then took place to build colour and intensity of flavour. The must was inoculated with cultures selected for their ability to add complexity. Fermentation lasted 21 days with peak temperatures reaching 31 degrees. A Post fermentation maceration period of 5 days followed which allowed tannins to build and the wine to find balance before pressing to tank. Following settling in tank the wine was racked to French barriques of which 33% were new. The wine then underwent malolactic fermentation and matured for ten months in oak before being racked, blended and bottled on April 1st 2021"
5 Stars & 95/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review (2020 Vintage)
"Intense, ripe wine with Black Doris plum, dark cherry, violet, wild thyme, anise and spicy oak flavours. Appealing, silken-textured wine that is deliciously drinkable when first released but will benefit from a few years' bottle age."
93/100 David Walker Bell, WineFolio.co.nz, December 2023 (2020 Vintage)
"Using fruit from a site up the hill in Bendigo, Central Otago. A dark ruby in the glass, with evocatively “Central Pinot” scents of crushed thyme, cherry, bonfire, cocoa, mushroom, boysenberry, liquorice and violets. Good density and weight through the palate, with a balance of fruit clarity, zippy acidity and integrated oak. An opulent style, but not ‘big’ – there’s an elegance and harmony to the way it is packed together. The finish is plush and glossy, with excellent persistence."
