Pastures - Pinot Noir

Deep crimson hue.

Deep brooding nose of plum and blue fruits with lifted floral spicy notes. Full bodied Pinot Noir with ripe rich fruits, mouth filling texture and round plush tannins giving the wine weight and power that lingers on the palate with a savoury, moreish finish.

Tasting Note

~ 96 Points ~
"There’s no mistaking the sense of place with aromas of white soil and wild flowers, the varietal signature of red berries with cherry and old strawberry sitting nicely alongside  moments of plum then spice. Fine tannins and acidity salivate and coat the palate with texture and finesse while red fruits and wild flowers are at the core and mid-palate. Youthful and new, complex and varietal, a wine of place and time, complexity and charm. Best drinking from 2024 through 2034+."
- Cameron Douglas, MS

Vibrant crimson hue. Brooding complex aromas of lifted florals, red berries and a gamey, earthy complexity. Vibrant palette of fresh berries with an earthy, mouth-filling structure that coats the mouth. Sinewy tannins drive the wine with a long saline minerally finish.

"Perfumed nose of mixed peppercorns, potpourri, cloves, strawberries, wild blueberries, lemons and fresh thyme. It's so bright and elegant, with a medium body and firm, tight yet seamless tannins. Crunchy acidity. Full of energy and tension."
   ~ www.jamessuckling.com, 2022

Tasting Note

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 garnet appearance. Aromas of wild berries and summer fruits, with savoury spices. The wine has a silky texture that this vineyard always delivers, followed by a chalky fine tannin structure that balances the juicy Central Otago fruit. The flavours are persistent, with an understated power. A beautiful freshness and lightness like the alpine air that surrounds this place.

Lovely dense red cherry with a hint of brick.

Very complex aromas of baked cherry tart, warm earth, mushrooms and wild herbs slightly dried in the sun. Seriously complex palate of rose water, bitter cherry that is ripe black and savoury, a long steely feel of the mountains. An afficionados wine that honours the legacy of Mike Weersing.