GIESEN SINGLE VINEYARD CLAYVIN PINOT NOIR 2019

Double Gold Medal – New Zealand International Wine Show 2022
Gold Medal – New Zealand Organic Wine Awards 2023

From the famous Clayvin vineyard, a living tribute to Marlborough’s viticultural history, comes this outstanding Pinot Noir. Established in 1993, Clayvin Vineyard was Marlborough’s first significant hillside vineyard. It is North facing, has high density planting and is farmed organically. It is world renown for producing some of New Zealand's very best Pinot Noir. This is one of them.

Winery notes (2019 Vintage)
"The journey of each Single Vineyard wine starts in a Marlborough vineyard selected for its unique terroir and climate. They are then nurtured with meticulous hands-on viticulture to ensure fruit produces highly concentrated flavour. Our winemaking expertise then allows these wines to speak for themselves, their purity becoming a showcase of the land.

Established in 1993, Clayvin Vineyard was Marlborough’s first significant hillside vineyard. North facing, the vineyard planting is high density. This density creates natural competition among the vines, reducing vigour, promoting root structure and intensity of flavour. It also means that the vineyard only produces ‘one bottle of Clayvin Pinot Noir per vine’.

This Single Vineyard Clayvin Pinot Noir is earthy, with wild strawberry and red cherry. It’s restrained with good intensity and a structured foundation, finishing with great length. World renowned vineyard ‘Clayvin’ has historically set the standard for premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay production from Marlborough."

5 Stars & 98/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, February 2022 (2019 Vintage)
"Offering stunning fruit purity and poise, the wine shows dark cherry, floral, clove and toasted almond notes on the nose. It's concentrated and velvety in the mouth delivering awesome depth and power, while remaining graceful and elegant. At its best: 2023 to 2034."

Rated Excellent, 5 Stars & 95/100 NZ Wine Rater, August 2022 (2019 Vintage)
"Intense, youthful, attractive, fruit-driven bouquet with a sweet lift of sour cherry, lavender, dark chocolate, toasted vanilla pod, liquorice and charry oak. Full-bodied, bright, ripe, concentrated and juicy with well-structured, complex tannins and a spicy, energized finish."

94/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, December 2022 (2019 Vintage)
"An attractive fragrant aroma features floral/red rose/violet with cherry, struck flint, raspberry and mixed spice flavours on the palate. The wine is supported by ripe tannins and gentle acidity. Accessible now but with plenty of cellaring potential."

93/100 Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front, March 2024 (2019 Vintage)
"It’s quite dark in the fruit profile and gritty in texture with ground coffee, a bit of kirsch, dark amaro, sarsaparilla. Great acid flush over the dark pumice tannins and a handful of lifted exotic spice and orange peel. Elegant but with a kick."