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PYRAMID VALLEY MĀNATU PINOT NOIR 2022

Product Code: 3627
Country: New Zealand
Region: Central Otago
Sub Region: Cromwell / Lowburn / Pisa
Style: Red
Variety: Pinot Noir
Producer: Pyramid Valley Vineyards

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 13.5%
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir

Original price was: $53.99.Current price is: $43.99.

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Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Named after the ribbonwood (mānatu) tree, our Pyramid Valley Mānatu vineyard sits in a sheltered valley with elevated terraces gently sloping to the north. Soils of loess over deep gravel and pedogenic lime deposits produce grapes with floral and wild thyme aromas, black cherry and plum notes and fine, velvety tannins.

An assemblage of individual Pinot Noir parcels hand-harvested and fermented with wild yeasts then cellared in French oak for 12-18 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Bright ruby hue. Dark cherries, blackberries, cloves, alluring aromas that grow with more time in the glass. Soft silky texture that coates the mouth with very fine grained tannins. Dark savoury fruits and chalky acidity drives through the palate. A wine that unfolds with time and matches beautifully with New Zealand lamb."

5 Stars & 96/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"Sumptuous yet gracious, the wine shows dark berry, roasted nut, porcini, tapenade and potpourri aromas on the nose, followed by a superbly concentrated palate offering plush mouthfeel and beautifully melded tannins. Multi-layered with symphonic complexity, making it immensely seductive and captivating. At its best: now to 2040."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, August 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"A delicious wine with a hallmark of purity and pinosity, reflections of site and attention to detail in winemaking. Aromas and flavours of soils and fruits , use of wood and spice layers – all vying for attention yet harmonizing as they naturally do, A youthful wine still with a core of texture then fruit, an abundance of chalky textured tannins resting alongside red berry fruit flavours and barrel spices. A lengthy finish, individual and with personality. Best drinking from 2027 through 2035+."

95/100 Dave Brookes, James Halliday's Wine Companion, September 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"Gentle, gamey-edged aromas of dark plum, cherry and wild strawberry fruits. Hints of thyme, spice, wildflowers, mocha, crushed stone, amaro herbs and dried citrus rind. There's a distinct sense of stony composure on the palate, travelling savoury, sleek and true with fine-grained tannin and some lovely sapid acid drive. Finishes spicy, plummy and chalky."

94/100 JamesSuckling.com, November 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"Perfumed and floral with aromas of dark cherries, cloves, wet bark and wild strawberries. The medium-bodied palate has fine tannins and precise acidity, giving notes of blackberries, sweet spices, chalk, citrus and dried herbs. Poised and polished. Drink or hold. Screw cap."

94/100 Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com, Wine Advocate, December 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"The 2022 Manatu Pinot Noir leads with salted heirloom tomato (sweet, summer feeling here), cranberry and pomegranate pearls, softly integrated tannic structure and a flowing, supple sort of feeling in the mouth. This is a quietly spoken, unfurling wine that opens like a flower over the course of the morning. It is pretty, with a mineral and freshness that lingers like wisps of smoke from an extinguished candle."

93/100 Emma Jenkins MW, Decanter, October 2024 (2022 Vintage)
"An inviting nose of rich cherry, wild raspberry and thyme, and sweet baking spices. The palate is balanced between a sweet core of fruit and slightly sappy tannins with some savoury dried herbs to keep the sweet fruit in check on the finish. A pretty, textbook style."

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You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

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If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $6 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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Pyramid Valley's story began in the slopes and soil of North Canterbury at Waikari Estate. In 2000, Mike & Claudia Elze Weersing applied their impressive array of knowledge in viticulture, oenology, and biodynamics to this plot of land.

Steve Smith and Brian Sheth took the reins in 2017 to continue the legacy of spectacular winemaking. Some of the world's most profound Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays have been produced at Waikari, its combination of fertile soil and high-altitude slopes constituting a unique terroir over 80 hectares of perfectly placed plantings.

In 2018 the scope of Pyramid Valley's wine environs expanded with the purchase of Manata Estate in Central Otago. This established (over 150 years) vineyard has bolstered the magnificent Pinot Noir offering of Pyramid Valley, due to soils of rare distinction - the result of careful culivation resulting in soils with high levels of organic matter and natural humus.