Shellback Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022

Description

Cherry, Coffee, Oak

"It has an elegant bouquet of red cherry, dried herbs, game, and earthy mushrooms. The palate is juicy and rounded, featuring a smooth texture and fine tannins, making it well-balanced and structured with a delicately firm finish. At its best: now to the end of 2026" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Apr 2026

"This wine is ready to drink, its window is wide open with aromas and flavours of plums and red cherry, some dried versions of the same as the wine slips into it secondary mode. Dry with textures from the tea-like tannins and acidity framing the core fruit flavours. Balanced and ready with best drinking from day of purchase through early 2028" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier

The palte is bright and fresh up front, with cocoa powder and raspberries giving it a lot of structure. Aromas of toasty oak, coffee and cherries support the palate, making this an exceptional Pinot Noir.

At the winery, the fruit was held in a cold soak for five days, extracting elegant colour and tannin from the skins. Fermented in stainless steel tanks at warm temperatures, at this time the grapes were hand plunged up to eight times daily for further extraction. The wine was racked off gross lees and into oak infused tanks where it underwent a second malolactic fermentation before being blended and bottled. 

Food Pairing: A perfect match with hearty beef, this fresh and bright Pinot Noir will leave you wanting more.