Top Drops: Pinot
Pinot Noir is widely known for its vibrant red berry flavours, often supported by subtle floral notes and gentle spice. Pinot thrives in cooler regions like Central Otago and Marlborough, producing wines with bright acidity and silky tannins. Styles from Burgundy, France, offer a more earthy, savoury complexity, while warmer-climate Pinot Noir tends to be richer and more fruit-forward. Discover our top Pinot picks below...
Pinot Country
New Zealand’s diverse landscapes produce a wide range of Pinot Noir styles, each shaped by its region’s unique climate and soils. Central Otago, the world’s southernmost wine region, is famous for its intensely fruit-driven Pinots with vibrant cherry, plum, and spice notes, thanks to its dry, sunny summers and cool alpine nights.
Marlborough combines bright red-fruit purity with a silky texture, while its cooler subregions can add floral and herbal nuances. Martinborough, in the Wairarapa, is renowned for more savoury, earthy, and structured expressions, reflecting its warm days, cool nights, and free-draining gravel soils.
Nelson offers elegant, aromatic wines with fine tannins, while Canterbury and Waipara produce perfumed Pinots with a balance of richness and fresh acidity, often showing hints of dried herbs.
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