• French oak
• Plum & sweet cherry
• Toasted almond
• Elegant tannins

"This is bright, ripe and fragrant on the nose showing plum, cherry, toasted almond and dark mushroom characters, followed by a juicy palate that is rounded and smooth. The wine displays attractive fruit intensity and fine texture, backed by elegant fine tannins. Lingering and appealing" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2018

"From Staete Landt, the 2016 vintage was estate-grown and hand-picked at Rapaura, and matured in French oak barriques. Bright ruby, it is attractively scented, with ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, and some savoury notes adding a touch of complexity" Michael Cooper

The ‘Map Maker’ 2016 Pinot Noir has lovely aromas of ripe black cherries and wild violets. In the mouth the wine has a grainy tannin structure and is intensely flavoured with sweet cherries, cedarwood and savoury characters such as dried herbs and wild game flavours. This is a sophisticated Pinot Noir with an ‘old world’ elegance and mineral lingering finish.

‘Map Maker’ 2016 Pinot Noir is crafted from carefully selected parcels of fruit grown on unique sites within the famous Rapaura and Brancott areas of Marlborough. Our mixture of multiple individual parcels, 4 different clones and a range of soil profiles provide us with great variation of fruit, each with unique flavour and tannin structure.

2016 was a warm and dry summer from the start of spring through to harvest. The great weather at spring resulted in an abundance of perfectly set and full bunches. This gave a bountiful amount of grapes preparing to ripen. To keep the crops low quite extensive hand thinning was carried out along with removal of the shoulders from every remaining bunch. The warm weather continued right through harvest providing us with a wonderful long ripening period. Leaf removal was also carried out to get optimal sun exposure on the remaining fruit and air movement through the canopy.