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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2022

$74.00
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Producer Pyramid Valley
Region, Country North Canterbury, New Zealand
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 24987-750

Two organically certified vineyards make up the lion’s share of Pyramid Valley’s North Canterbury Pinot Noir in 2022. Course-Choi Vineyard  (previously named Porters) on Mackenzies Road in Waipara, planted on an east-facing slope in 2004 on Domett Clay, soils accounts for just over 70%, with the balance from Pyramid Valley’s own vineyard in Waikari, planted in 2000 on clay/limestone soils. A dash of fruit from a clay-rich hillside in Marlborough’s Omaka Valley rounds out the blend.  

The grapes were picked by hand, fully destemmed and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open fermenters. The wine matured in French oak barrels (20% new) for 12 months before settling in concrete tulips on light lees for a further six months. It was then bottled unfined and unfiltered. 

Reviews

“The 2022 North Canterbury Pinot Noir pours quite differently in the glass to the 2021. The 2022 is light and almost translucent, while the 2021 is dense and richly colored. "I'd say berry size was about half, in 2021,” says Steve Smith, MW. On the nose, it is spicy, leading with star anise and fennel, clove and orange peel. 100% destemmed, the wine has all the exoticisms of stems. The handling of the fruit during fermentation is incredibly gentle. The cap is wet daily with juice and plunged only once or twice during the peak of ferment. There’s sour cherry and strawberry top, fresh tobacco leaf and a creamy black tea character laced through the finish. A wine of several parts. Complex, textural, fresh.”
92 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“The 2022 North Canterbury Pinot Noir pours quite differently in the glass to the 2021. The 2022 is light and almost translucent, while the 2021 is dense and richly colored. "I'd say berry size was about half, in 2021,” says Steve Smith, MW. On the nose, it is spicy, leading with star anise and fennel, clove and orange peel. 100% destemmed, the wine has all the exoticisms of stems. The handling of the fruit during fermentation is incredibly gentle. The cap is wet daily with juice and plunged only once or twice during the peak of ferment. There’s sour cherry and strawberry top, fresh tobacco leaf and a creamy black tea character laced through the finish. A wine of several parts. Complex, textural, fresh.”
92 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate

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