Gold Medal – New Zealand Organic Wine Awards 2024
Ted Pinot Noir is what winemaker Duncan calls his "house-style". Mount Edward Pinot Noirs tend to be more in the savoury spectrum underlying the Central Otago cherry/mulberry fruits. A barrel selection from over the various sites. Medium weighted and balanced. This is a supple, ‘easy’ Pinot Noir made to enjoy as a younger wine.
Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"Classic Central Otago Pinot Noir. Organic, soft, supple and Otago delicious fruit with red fruits, cherries, plums and all in between– everything you want in a Pinot Noir. Awesome value and just the ticket when needing something new and special. Grapes from our Estate vineyards, destemmed, wild yeasts all aged in French oak."
Reviews for previous vintages below…
4 ½ Stars Michael Cooper (2019 Vintage)
"Certified organic, the 2019 vintage is 'delicious, ready and yours', says the back label. Matured for 10-11 months in French oak casks (18 per cent new), it is deep ruby, with a fragrant, fresh, spicy bouquet. A bold, very youthful wine, packed with berryish, spicy flavour, it's well worth cellaring to 2022+. Certified organic."
92/100 Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, September 2020 (2019 Vintage)
"Fleshy pinot but with cut and freshness on its side. Sweet berries, maraschino but strong sense of clove-cinnamon spice, faint minty herbal notes, crunch of bright and pleasingly bitter acidity. Drinks a charm."
Metro Magazine Top 10 Wines for 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"Last year, I called Mount Edward “perennial over-deliverers”. Well, they’ve done it again. This time with a pinot noir. Mount Edward is a BioGro-certified organic producer with its own estate vineyards based in Central Otago. This one got a wild ferment, French oak, and no fining or filtration. The oak is a little forward at the moment but the palate is just the ticket: juicy, succulent,and incredibly moreish. “Fresh, warm, savoury,leather, chocolate, red fruits, delish,” went Weir’s tasting note."
5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, September 2020 (2018 Vintage)
"Sweetly fruited and spicy at the same time, the wine shows dark cherry, clove, roasted nut, game and floral aromas on the nose, leading to a silky-smooth palate that's juicy and flowing. It's beautifully composed and delectably expressed with a lengthy rounded finish. At its best: now to 2023."
93/100 James Suckling (2019 Vintage)
"This is seductive and packed with rich dark cherry and plenty of spice with violet and blueberry too. Punchy and flavourful palate. Smooth tannins. Polished, dark-cherry finish. Drink over the next five years."