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SWIFTSURE PINOT NOIR 2022

Product Code: 31664
Country: New Zealand
Region: Central Otago
Sub Region: Bannockburn
Style: Red
Variety: Pinot Noir

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.2%
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir

Original price was: $43.99.Current price is: $36.99.

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Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Established across gentle north-facing slopes on a natural river terrace, our Bannockburn vineyard is planted exclusively in Pinot Noir.

The inaugural release of Swiftsure Bannockburn Pinot Noir comes from the stunning 2022 vintage. The wine has a powerful aromatic; both fruitful and savoury with boysenberry, rhubarb and cherry blossom interwoven with tendrils of smoke and a faint scent of nori. The palate shows good density with a succession of berry fruit characters and a touch more of the umami feel. The tannins are wrapped in the warmth of vintage days with a vibrancy that evokes the cool jewelled Central Otago night sky.

This beautifully crafted Pinot Noir is a fine expression of the Bannockburn sub-region; intense but perfumed, poised yet slightly wild. Structured with finesse, designed for long-term aging and an equal measure of youthful exuberance that will reward early drinking.

All four clones were picked separately and destemmed with 15% whole bunches layered into the fermenter. A small batch of all the clones combined was also fermented as a whole bunch component giving the wine a total of 20% whole cluster. The wine was barrel aged in 500-litre French oak puncheons."

5 Stars & 95/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, August 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Aromatic pinot noir with floral/red rose/violet, cherry, red-fleshed plum, wild thyme and raspberry flavours. Purity and restrained power with an impressively lengthy finish. Deliciously accessible wine with obvious cellaring potential."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"Distinctive, complex and enticing bouquet of ripe dark-skinned cherry and baked raspberry, there’s a classic savoury cool climate scents, layers of barrel spice wood smoke and wild thyme. Dry, taut, youthful, savoury, textured and varietal – all as the wine touches the palate for the first time. A delicious core of ripe red berry fruits from cherry to raspberry, some black currant and savoury spices. Well made, complex and lengthy, a wine that needs some maturation time with best drinking from 2026 through 2034+."

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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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