"Beautifully ripe & youthfully fragrant" Wine Orbit
This Pinot Noir shows hints of ripe, dark cherries, five spice & smoky oak
Fantastic with slow roasted duck or a vegetarian mushroom risotto
Monowai Upper Reaches Hawke's Bay Pinot Noir 2020
Monowai Upper Reaches Hawke's Bay Pinot Noir 2020
Accolades
Awarded 91/100 Points & 4.5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2021
Description
- French oak
- Dark cherries
- Five spice
- Refreshing acidity
"It's beautifully ripe and youthfully fragrant on the nose showing dark plum, raspberry, spicy oak, thyme and floral aromas. The palate offers succulent fruit intensity together with rounded mouthfeel and silky tannins, making it supple and silky to the finish. At its best: now to 2025" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2021
Delicate and understated, this Pinot Noir shows hints of ripe, dark cherries, five spice and smoky oak. The velvety tannins are harmoniously balanced with a refreshing acidity and flavours of dried berry fruits, white pepper and liquorice.
Fruit from low-yielding vines was selectively harvested at peak ripeness, gently crushed and chilled for a pre-fermentation cold soak to extract colour and fruit flavour. The must was then warmed, inoculated with selected yeast and fermented over 7 days to dryness with a daily routine of traditional plunging by hand to maximise tannin extraction. It underwent malolactic fermentation in tank and then was pressed to a mixture of new, 1 and 2 year old French oak barrels. The wine was matured for 15 months in oak before being prepared for bottling.
Food Pairing: Slow roasted duck, Nutty cow’s milk cheeses, such as Comté & Gruyère, Mushroom risotto
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