Pegasus Bay's Main Divide label is a Canterbury favourite, long renown for quality and value. This 2023 Pinot Noir is another quality release – quite savoury in style with dark fruits, smoky charry oak combining for a very tasty, great value Pinot Noir.
Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"At release it has a bright ruby complexion. On the refined nose you are greeted by delicate aromas of cherry, pomegranate, cinnamon and violet, meshed with nuances of wet stone, bonfire embers and a dash of aged soy. A fine acid backbone supports the savoury red fruit, backed by velvety tannins that enrich the palate, creating a sleek and silky mouthfeel. Brimming with finesse and vitality, it tapers to a lasting, focussed finish."
5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"The inviting bouquet shows sweet plum, olive, star anise, and roasted nut aromas. The palate offers ripe fruit intensity with spicy nuances, beautifully supported by fleshy texture and silky tannins, finishing long and soothing. Gorgeously composed and expressed with enticing complexity. At its best: now to 2029."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, July 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"A bouquet filled with scents of plums and black currant the dark-skinned cherry and earth-smoke of stones and clay. Some barrel spice suggestion build in breadth. On the palate a dry wine with a concentration of red berry fruit flavours framed by the texture of tannins and acidity. Perfectly weight with persistent flavours and moderate+ length. best drinking from day of purchase through 2030."
92/100 Bob Campbell MW, July 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Light, fresh and pleasantly rustic red with violet, fresh herb, cherry and mixed spice flavours supported by fine, drying tannins. Appealing wine that can be enjoyed in its youth or within a few years."
18+/20 (91) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, August 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Moderately deep ruby-red, even colour throughout. The nose is soft and coy, with aromas of red cherry, plum, hints of earth, mushroom and spice. Medium-bodied, aromas of red cherry and plum, melded with mushroom, thyme, earthy clay and baking spices. The tannin extraction possesses a slight firmness, echoing clay and spice, lending a savoury finish. Match with lamb roast and duck over the next 6+ years. Approx 40% whole bunches, cold soaked in vats, naturally fermented to 13% alc, aged in French oak barriques for 18 months, 20% new oak."