New Zealand Organic Wine Awards 'Sustainable Vineyard of the Year' 2024
Winery notes (2025 Vintage)
"A favourite of The Proprietor, this is a fresh, dry, cerise expression of Central Otago Pinot Noir with a textural depth that works well with food. Estate grown and hand harvested from The Fusilier, Bannockburn Vineyard and The Last Chance, Alexandra Vineyard in April 2025.
Vibrant aromatics of bright redcurrant, crushed raspberry, guava and spicy ripe mango characters give way to an elegantly textured mouthfeel showing schist minerality and red tropical fruit, with a freshly driven finish and flow.Food Matching: Deliberately produced to work well with food. We recommend salmon, tuna, venison, lamb and soft cheese.
Pinot noir from The Last Chance, Alexandra Vineyard (42%) and The Fusilier, Bannockburn (58%) is hand harvested, destemmed and steeped on skins for two days so that both aromatics and colour are extracted. Once the desired pink hue is achieved, the grapes are gently pressed and the juice sent to a stainless steel vessel for an indigenous yeast fermentation. The finished wine was then rested on fine lees for five months before a light filtration just prior to bottling for clarity and brightness."
















