Fresh red berry fruits aromas combine with a distinctive dried herb nose, with layers of pot pourri and spice. Chalky tannins and lively acidity entwine around a core of vibrant red fruits. This is a fresh and aromatic wine of elegance and poise.

Alma Pinot Noir is a relatively recent addition to the impressive Te Mata Estate stable. It's made from hand picked grapes grown in the Dartmoor Valley, a cooler area in the Hawke?s Bay, which makes for a full bodied and spicy New Zealand Pinot Noir. The wine spent 11 months in oak, adding depth and savoury cedar notes, both adding complexity. 

Drinks well now and can age for another four to five years.

The Falcon Pinot Noir comes from the Te Muna Valley, 9 kilometres east of Martinborough village in the Wairarapa. It's made by winemaker Simon Groves for Te Muna Winery owners Colin Carruthers and Deborah Coddington. This is a dry, light bodied, earthy and complex wine with a satisfying combo of fruit and spice. It's great value wine at this price.

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Central Otago Pinot Noir is one of New Zealand's great wine success stories, especially when it comes from the sun drenched rocky soils of Bannockburn, one of the great sub regions of this majestic area. 

The Mysterious Diggings Vineyard in Bannockburn is on the site of a former gold mine and is a dry, fruit driven and smooth Central Otago Pinot with an accessible price.

This spicy North Canterbury Pinot Noir was made from grapes grown along terraces on the banks of the Waipara River with wild yeast fermentation and hand plunging before  10 months maturation in French oak barriques. 

The region's naturally low cropping levels provide concentrated flavours in the grapes, which translate to an expressively savoury wine with smooth silky notes.

* Terrace Edge was named the New Zealand Organic Vineyard of the Year in 2018 and this year was named Aotearoa New Zealand Organic Winery of the Year. 

The Elder Pinot Noir is made from grapes grown on a small, elevated, stony, north facing vineyard, situated south of Martinborough township on White Rock Road. It's produced by Mike and Margaret Hanson and Nigel and Bridgit Elder, hence the name.

The wine is an earthy, delicate style of Pinot Noir, made for the two couples by winemaker Paul Mason of Martinborough Vineyards. 

TASTING NOTES: Aromas of ripe dark red berry fruits dominate the nose with hints of spice and floral notes in the background add complexity. Velvet soft tannins form the backbone of this succulent and vibrant Pinot Noir. Spice flavours come through on the mid palate along with rich cherry fruit flavours and underlying savoury notes. This is a superbly balanced, elegant and weighted Pinot capable of ageing for up to ten years.

Commercial description

Only the very best barrels of our Pinot Noir are selected for this complex and layered wine, sourced exclusively from our Upper Awatere Valley vineyard. On the nose concentrated aromas of cherry, plum and vibrant cassis are underlined with bright floral notes and hints of wild thyme. Finely structured and elegant on the palate, flavours of red and black fruits and harmonious spicy oak notes are balanced with soft, silky tannins which seamless lead to a long, lingering and mouth-filling finish.

ABOUT THIS WINE: Spicy, dark fruits and with integrated French oak meets ripe plum, balanced smooth tannins and subtle earthy notes. A complex and focused Nelson Pinot Noir.
VINEYARD: Upper Moutere, Nelson , New Zealand. Tarakona (Dragonfly, or Dragon) Block. Planted 2005. 2.0ha. Ancient Moutere alluvium clay soils, featuring deeply weathered and dissected gravels.

WINEMAKING
? grapes were gently hand-harvested, days apart to ensure maximum ripeness and quality
? lightly crushed and destemmed fruit was held in open top vessels for around six days
? the must was slowly warmed and inoculated with specifically selected yeasts, with some left to ferment with ?wild? yeast naturally found on the
grapes.
? warm temperatures fermentation of up to 35C? and an extended maturation period on skins allowed for a gentle extraction of colour and
tannin
? the wine was developed in French oak barriques before secondary malolactic fermentation
? Bottled early March 2020 without fining 4456 bottles produced

VITICULTURE
? unsettled weather over flowering resulting innlower yields overall
? later on the very warm and dry summer months provided ideal growing conditions
? a successful harvest period with grapes picked at optimal ripeness and outstanding flavour profile

TASTING NOTE
? A vibrant ruby red hue in the glass
? dark fruits , integrated French oak, bright floral notes on the nose
? a palate of ripe plum, subtle earthy notes and balanced smooth tannins

A plush and powerful Pinot Noir from one of the great vineyards, Clayvin, in New Zealand's largest wine region, Marlborough. This vineyard was planted in the early 1990s by Mike Eaton, whose visionary viticultural aim was to give grapes an elevated site on which to ripen where cooler than usual nights would provide longevity to the ripening season... 

The proof is in the bottle of this stunning aged nine year Pinot Noir from Clayvin. 

Tongue in Groove is now owned by winemaker Lynnette Hudson, who is the long term winemaker for the brand. Watch this space for exciting new wines from Hudson's experienced winemaking hand.

Two Paddocks Pinot Noir is actor and winemaker Sam Neill's introduction red to his range of wines from Central Otago. It's made from hand harvested grapes which are fermented and matured in French oak barriques. It is 100% certified organic, which reflects the Central Otago wine region's pre-eminence as New Zealand's leading organic wine region - 16% of the region's vines are certified organic with another 7% in the conversion process, which means that by 2023, 23 % of the vines will be certified.

Sam Neill?s latest Pinot Noir is youthful, bright, boldly fruity with firm tannic structure and the ability to age, all of which makes it a good contender for decanting prior to enjoying right now. It?s a complex and interesting Pinot Noir as a blend of Neill?s four small certified organic Central Otago vineyards with 37% from The Fusilier Vineyard in Bannockburn, 7% from the elevated, cool climate of The Last Chance Vineyard in Earnscleugh, Alexandra, 40% from The Red Bank Farm & Vineyard and 22% from The First Paddock in Gibbston. All grapes were hand picked, 54% destemmed and all fermented with wild yeasts. The wine was given 10 months aging in French oak, 18 per cent new. It?s a very good wine and will reward further cellaring.

Two Rivers Pinot Noir is one of the best from Marlborough - a bold but elegant expression of this country's most popular red grape. A wine with complex layers of flavour to keep the wine drinker on their toes; savoury earthy depths marry nicely to bright cherry notes and a lingering finish. 

Great drinking.