"Bright, vibrant & intensely rich flavours" Raymond Chan
"Full & firmly packed with soft, but intense aromas of dark cherries" Raymond Chan
Enjoy with a delicious New Zealand Lamb dish or venison!
Mystery Awatere Pinot Noir 2016
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Mystery Awatere Pinot Noir 2016
Accolades
Awarded 17/20 Points
Raymond Chan, Apr 2018
Description
"Moderately deep ruby-red colour with a little garnet, lighter on the rim. The nose is full and firmly packed with soft, but intense aromas of dark-red and black cherry fruit, along with dark raspberries, and notes of minerally reduction and nutty, charry oak. The aromatics grow in depth and concentration with aeration. Medium-full bodied, the palate has bright, vibrant and intense flavours dark-red and bitter cherries along with nuances of dark raspberries and an amalgam of dark herbs, minerals and nutty oak. The fruit richness is underlined by fine, grainy tannin extraction with balanced acidity. The wine carries with good energy and linearity to a rich, sweet, cherryish finish. This is a soft, full and gently packed, sweetly rich dark-red and bitter cherry-fruited Pinot Noir with notes of minerally reduction and nutty, charry oak on a fine, grainy palate. Serve with barbecued, roasted and grilled poultry and pork dishes over the next 4+ years. Awatere Valley fruit, destemmed and fermented to 13.5% alc., the wine aged 10 months in 25% new French oak barrels" Raymond Chan, Apr 2018
The season started with slightly cooler weather over the important flowering and fruit-set periods during November and December, resulting in smaller bunches with fewer berries. An exceptionally dry summer with half the usual rainfall ensured the berry sizes remained small.
After careful harvesting, destemming and crushing, the juice and skins were cold-soaked for eight days and then inoculated with a chosen yeast strain. The cold soak helped to develop the primary fruit characteristics, specifically black plum and cherry flavours. During fermentation the cap was hand-plunged up to three a day to carefully extract flavour, colour and tannin. The wine was matured in French oak barrels (25%new) for ten months to enhance the spice and liquorice flavours, before being left to develop in the bottle for a further six months prior to release.
The grapes for this wine were harvested on March 31st. The expressive, intense characteristics of this Mystery winery have been captured in the fruit at harvest and with the use of selected yeast strains, have been carefully translated into the finished wine. Careful handling and small-batch fermentation has created layers of succulent flavours including black plum, blackcurrant, liquorice and spice. These flavours are complemented by blueberry and boysenberry characters that are typical of Pinot Noir grapes from this special site. The palate is rich with a silky texture, chalky tannins and excellent weight.
Food Pairing: New Zealand Lamb, venison, duck, pork belly, turkey, seared tuna fish, hot ham, boeuf bourguignon and any other dish that requires great Pinot Noir
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