97/100 & Trophy For Best in Show – Decanter World Wine Awards 2024
Gold Medal – Decanter World Wine Awards 2024
Gold Medal – International Wine Challenge 2024
Decanter World Wine Awards Judges' Comments (2022 Vintage)
"We may not have found any Burgundian Pinot Noir wines to feature in this year’s Best In Show selection, but three Pinots from the Southern Hemisphere goes some way to compensate. This example from the Alexandra Basin sub-region shows why there is so much excitement about Central Otago. It’s a translucent dark red in colour, with articulate aromas of warm red berries, red cherries and root spice. It’s softly articulated on the palate and sweet-fruited, with great grace and poise. The wine’s structure comes more prominently from its acidity than from its relatively discreet tannin profile. In just two years, it has already begun to soften and open; look out for stones and a herbal complexity as well as root spice on the finish."
Rated Excellent & 94+/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"A vibrant and youthful core of fruit and scents of spice with a savoury frame touches the senses first. Aromas of wild dried herbs and dried raspberry, black currant, lees and earth follow with a leesy reductive power. Dry on the palate with core flavours driven by ripe berry fruit flavours tempered by tannins and acidity, texture and mouthfeel. Well made, very youthful still, a wine that needs time to settle and integrate. It does deliver lots of promise too and will work well with food. Best drinking from late 2026 through 2033+."





















