Mystery Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019

Description

Cherry, Oak, Spice

Black Market Mystery Wines™ are simply wines we love, with the branding hidden and revealed only when it arrives at your door!

"Aromas and flavours of preserved cherries, plum and leather, there’s a mushroom and barrel spices complexity with a dry stone earthy quality. Still developing with firm tannins and acid line still integrating. Fruit and non-fruit flavours remain persistent. There’s a savoury saline quality that weaves through the palate as well with a moderately impactful oak quality. A food wine with best drinking from 2023 through 2028" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Mar 2023

"Light ruby-red with a tinge of garnet and some depth. The nose is softly full, with aromas of plum, cherry compote, spice, a touch of thyme and earth. Medium-bodied, aromas of plum and cherry compote melded with thyme, spice and earth. Bright, integrated acidity provides vitality and drive; the smooth grainy tannin framework left a light grip. This Pinot Noir shows the development of fruit, enriched by spice and earthy elements, driving to an elegant finish with an integrated acid line" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, Feb2023

"Sweetly ripe and fragrant with ripe strawberry, red cherry, smoked game, clove and almond characters on the nose. It's juicy and rounded in the mouth with supple texture and silky tannins, finishing with spicy nuances" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Oct 2021

This single-vineyard Pinot Noir was made from grapes grown on the slopes of the hillside vineyard in Koromiko, Marlborough. On this north west facing steep slope of one hectare it is impossible to use machinery, so all work is meticulously managed by hand.

Made from hand harvested grapes our Pinot Noir is a partial wild ferment. The fruit was crushed and soaked for 5 days to absorb the delicate aromas and flavours in the skins.  The fermentation was completed in 2000L stainless steel open fermenters and once dry, the wine was transferred into French oak barrels to age for twelve months. The Malo-lactic fermentation softened the acidity to create a balanced and harmonious wine.