Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir

This elevated Reserve Pinot Noir has been created with fruit from carefully selected inland, warmer vineyards. Aromas of cherry and subtle spice, are followed by a rich palate of ripe red berries, complimented with silky tannins for an elegant, lingering finish.

WINEMAKING 

2025 was a vintage where patience was rewarded. Spring's warm weather created ideal growing conditions and abundant crop loads, which we carefully reduced to enhance fruit quality. January's cool temperatures extended the fruit ripening period, enhancing palate weight and aromatic intensity. Benefiting from ideal weather, we commenced harvest in mid-March, methodically working block by block as each reached optimal conditions. After harvest, the fruit was cold soaked for around five days to extract flavour, tannins, and colour. Fermentation followed, in a selection of small open top tanks, using a selection of wild and selected yeasts. Each ferment was plunged twice a day. The wine was left to macerate for five days before a gentle pressing off the skins. The wine underwent maloctic fermentation while aging in oak. The final blend includes 20% new oak.

2025 Tasting Note

2024 Tasting Note

2023 Tasting Note 2022 Tasting Note 

Accolades & Reviews

93 points | Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, 2025
"Youthfully charming and perfumed, the bouquet shows sweet cherry, raspberry, violet, olive, and subtle spice aromas. The palate is equally appealing with succulent fruit intensity and fleshy texture, beautifully framed by silky tannins, making it harmonious and flavoursome with a long, velvety finish"

93 points | Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, 2025
"Moderately deep ruby-red, even colour throughout. The nose is rich, with aromas of thyme, earth, overlying cherry, blackberry and mocha. Medium-bodied, aromas of black cherry and blackberry entwined with thyme, earthy clay and mocha details. The fruit is succulent with balanced ripeness, smooth-grained tannins layering earthy elements and a hint of saline, lending an elegant, lingering finish. This Pinot Noir is accessible and harmonious, featuring herbaceous and earthy details alongside black fruit. Match with roasted duck and lamb over the next 3-5 years"

92 Points & Premium | Cameron Douglas MS, 2025
"Red berry fruit aromas and flavours, dark raspberry then plum, black cherry skin then boysenberry. On the palate there’s a mix of ripe and tart fruits delivering a distinctive mouthfeel and salivating freshness. Fruit tannins and acidity frame the core fruit flavours well, there’s persistency and freshness. Some leesy baking spice ideas, a low oak intervention means this is a wine to enjoy from day of purchase through 2028+"

93 Points & Excellent | Cameron Douglas MS, 2024
"A very bright and youthful bouquet with a flourish of light red fruit aromas suggesting raspberry and cherry flesh, red apple skin then roses. There are layers of crumbled stone mineral and fine lees with some baking spice qualities from the use of oak - all layering in a vibrant complexity and charm. Taut, fleshy, youthful and dry as the wine touches the palate. Fine tannins and a backbone of acidity preface the core fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet. Well made, drinkable to day though best from late 2024 through 2027+"