Soft round tannins with lovely weight
Hints of porcini mushrooms with depth, complexity & natural berry fruit character
Pair with any gamey red meats including New Zealand lamb, venison or duck
Lawson's Dry Hills Pioneer Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014
Lawson's Dry Hills Pioneer Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014
Accolades
Awarded 90/100 Points & Silver Medal
International Wine Challenge, May 2019
Awarded Silver Medal
International Wine Challenge, Nov 2018
Description
- French oak
- Bright cherry
- Porcini mushrooms
- Soft round tannins
"Slight evolution on the nose, with a touch of fallen leaves. Soft cherry on the palate with an edge of savouriness. Beautiful resonance and length" International Wine Challenge, May 2019
A lovely deep burgundy which at four years old is showing brick red hues on the rim, the nose shows a lovely interplay between the spicy sweet oak, bright cherry and the bottle development, which shows itself with hints of porcini mushrooms and forest floor. The palate is relatively big with soft round tannins and a lovely weight, charry oak notes add depth and complexity to the wines natural berry fruit character.
The vines are all pruned to two canes and shoot thinned before a green harvest, at which point the shoulders were removed.
The two vineyards were harvested separately into two open topped fermenters and held cold for a few days before undergoing spontaneous fermentation. The fermentation temperatures peaked at 32c with the fermentation lasting a total of four days. The wines were then kept on the skins
for a further two weeks before being pressed into French oak barriques (25% new) for sixteen months. The barrels were then blended and lightly filtered before bottling.
Food Pairing: Any gamey red meats - New Zealand lamb, venison or duck.
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