• Dry style
• Green apple
• Pear & spice
• Bright acidity

"It’s always exciting to taste a new vintage! Just the slightest touch of pink in the glass with aromas and flavors of white and red cherries, juicy lemon, and green apple with a hint of stone fruit. A dry and lean palate with bright acidity and a ripe citrus finish that has a touch of phenolics making this wine incredibly food friendly" The Wine Writer, Angie Atkinson

This fresh, mineral wine is made entirely from Pinot Noir. Hand picked fruit and minimal skin contact ensures a brilliantly pale and clear wine with intense aromas of nectarine, pears and spice. The palate shows fresh stonefruit and defined minerality.

The Eliza vineyard forms the backbone of this unique wine, with bright fresh acids and delicate flavours and aromas. The heavy clay and alluvial gravels of this block lend themselves to bigger bunches and berries, yielding juice with just the faintest touch of pink, and ultimately a brilliant, palewine.

The 2021 season started with warm and wet weather, leading to rapid early season growth and excellent vine health. Windy weather over flowering and a warm late Summer period resulted in lower yields of perfectly ripe fruit, with excellent flavour concentration.

Hand picked grapes were delicately whole bunch pressed using a long and gentle pressure to ensure the minimum of colour was extracted from the skins. A very cool and long fermentation in stainless steel was used top reserve the delicate aromatics and elegant structure typical of this wine, while a period of  time on light lees built mid palate texture and depth.

The Life Series captures the essence of Te Kano’s Estate vineyards, using parcels of fruit from across our subregions to give a snapshot of the season and our unique expression of Central Otago.