Summerhouse Central Otago Pinot Noir 2024

Description

Cherry, Hazelnut, Oak

"Sweetly ripe and elegantly fragrant, showing ripe plum, game, thyme, and toasted almond characters on the nose. It's succulent and supple in the mouth, offering juicy fruit flavours with spicy nuances, beautifully framed by fine tannins, making it immediately appealing. At its best: now to 2029" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Sep 2025

Aromas of dark cherries and vanilla. Palate bursting with ripe cherry and spices. Rich and velvet soft tannins.

Central Otago is New Zealand’s southernmost wine region, and is home to big mountains, pristine lakes, and dramatic skies. The glacial based soils in this region produce wines with fragrant, lush, fruit balanced by delicate acidity.

The grapes were carefully harvested in the cool of the night to help preserve the fresh flavours from the vineyard. After harvest, the fruit was cold soaked for five days and fermented in small batches in open-top fermenters. Each ferment was plunged three times a day to extract colour and tannins from the skins. The wine was left to macerate for five days before pressing. The wine was aged in French oak for 10 months, including 20% new oak.