Te Kairanga Runholder Martinborough Pinot Noir 2025

Description

Floral, Oak, Spice

Dark cherry and plum with hints of rose petal, earth, and exotic spice. Juicy berry and ramble flavours are layered with savoury depth and fine, spicy tannins, finishing long with the real fruit notes.

Established in 1984, Te Kairanga is an important part of the Martinborough wine story. Our home vineyards are planted on land that was originally owned by the founding father of Martinborough, John Martin. While our land is steeped in history, our winemaking is very much focused on the future.

Grapes for this wine are selected from our Home and McLeod Vineyards on the Martinborough Terrace, one of New Zealand’s most coveted winegrowing sub-regions. Once a riverbed, it features deep ancient alluvial gravel soils. Our vineyards are sustainably farmed.

The 2025 season began early with warm spring conditions, driving strong canopy growth, excellent flowering, and high crop levels. Vineyards were well protected from spring frosts. Cool, wet weather from mid-December to late January slowed the season, but conditions from veraison to harvest were generally favourable for ripening. Harvest started early, continuing a recent trend and progressed steadily over six weeks. Despite disease and weather pressure, most fruit reached full ripeness.

Under the direction of Chief Winemaker, John Kavanagh, our winemaking philosophy places a premium on the character of each vineyard. Crafted from our Martinborough terrace vineyards, the fruit for Runholder Pinot Noir is derived from six clones, including the famed Abel clone. It was picked block by block and fermented in small batches and hand plunged. The wine was aged for 11 months in French oak with balanced oak treatment and minimal fining and filtration to help preserve both varietal character and the inimitable personality of our terroir.

Food Pairing: Perfect with duck.