Eight Ranges Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018

Description

• Toasty oak
• Dark fruit
• Mixed spices 
• Fine tannins

"It is fabulously fruited and elegantly fragrant on the nose showing plum, dark cherry, vanilla, mixed spice and floral characters with nuances of olive and game. The palate delivers lovely weight and roundness, wonderfully complemented by silky texture and polished tannins. Beautifully flowing and refined" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2019

"Brilliantly bright red fruit, alluring with a sweet yet brooding perfume. Nose provides a wonderful cacophony of aromas in balance with the palate of soft, elegant, succulent, and fleshy red fruits. This wine has a lovely fine tannin structure that provides seemingly everlasting length" Cuisine Magazine 2020

"A fine almost delicate bouquet of Pinot with a sweet floral lift then aromas of raspberry and red berries, dried herb moments and mild toasty oak lift. Juicy, fleshy, fruity and dry with youthful tannins and acidity to match with oak adding complexity and depth of flavour. Balanced, lengthy finish with moderate complexity. Well made drinking well now and through 2024" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Apr 2020

Eight Ranges wines are grown in their boutique vineyard of just under 3 hectares. Situated on the edge of a high terrace in the middle of the Alexandra Basin, amidst spectacular mountains in the Central Otago region of New Zealand.

Their vineyard is certified sustainable by Sustainable Winegrowing NZ. Their site provides excellent grape growing conditions due to its soil (a combination of stone and gravel from an ancient lake bed and glacial loess which is low in fertility, resulting in low volume crops with intensely flavoured fruit), very dry climate, reliable hot summers and long autumns with warm days and cool nights. Their elevation provides for unimpeded air flow which combined with a low rainfall, ensures clean, disease-free fruit.