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Buy OnlineSub $25 Central Otago Pinot Noir is becomming quite a rare thing, especially ones we think are worth promoting. Produced by Bannockbrae wines, this release certainly over delivers on the quality/price front.
A good dark colour in the glass, this offers up the smells of black Central Otago cherries, dried thyme, and earthy mushroom. The flavours burst forth on the palate with good concentration and depth. There is an added savouriness which sets it above the simple sweet fruited styles.
Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"Sunwarmed cherries, doris plums, spiced cinnamon and cloves with underlying savoury notes. Fresh cherries, blackcurrants balanced by sweet vanilla oak and silky fine grain tannins.
This Pinot Noir celebrates those born of gold, the opportunists, the chancers, the fiercely ungovernable pioneers that carved out a claim on the richest rivers in the world and the self-imposed ‘laws’ that controlled them. Punishable by Diggers Law… Overcharging of liquor, stealing of wife, stealing of claim, hoodwinking a priest, selling a native, beating a drunk & asking a stranger for change."
Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS, February 2024 (2021 Vintage)
"A lovely wine with a bouquet of fresh black cherry and plum, some dark spices and bracken, dried herb and black currant. The barrel spices suggesting vanilla and a soft clove then a whisper of nutmeg. A silky touch on the palate gives way to some youthful, ripe tannins and plenty of acidity setting in place a decent foundation. Flavours mirror the bouquet centering of darker berries then barrel spice and ending with a dark soil mineral quality. Decent length and lots of charm, best drinking from late 2024 through 2030+."
