Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2017
The Valli Bannockburn Vineyard Pinot Noir is an incredibly fragrant and elegant expression, sourced from the relatively cool vineyard site in Bannockburn and produced in a cool growing season, resulting in a wine with great tension and incredible layers of red fruit, spice and earth. Matured for 11 months in barrel and bottled unfined and unfiltered, the aromas are both intriguing and complex: fresh berry, wild game, gun smoke, baking spice and wild thyme. The palate is long and bright with cherry, blackcurrant, cardamom and delicious savoury undertones. Silky fine tannins compliment the vibrant acidity, giving the wine length and memory. This wine is drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so for at least a decade.
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The Producer Valli Vineyards | Central Otago
Valli is the personal vocation of pioneering Otago winemaker Grant Taylor, one of New Zealand's most awarded winemakers. Grant has been crafting wines in the Otago region since 1993 when there were only 20 hectares of vineyards planted and today there...
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The Region New Zealand | Central Otago
Central Otago is located in New Zealand's south island and is the world's most southerly wine region. It is also New Zealand's only true continental climate with greater extremes of daily and seasonal temperatures than are found in any of the country's maritime regions. Soil structures also...
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