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Dicey Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021 (Central Otago)
top 5
Beautiful in the glass with a deep garnet colour, this wine is high toned and fresh with black cherry coming …
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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)
top 10
Dark berries and red fruit abound with lots of smoky struck-match reduction on the nose. The palate is well structured …
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Wet Jacket Pinot Noir 2021 (Central Otago)
top 5
I admit to questioning why someone would name a wine brand after something that inherently smells bad, such as a …
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Martinborough Vineyard Home Block Pinot Noir 2021 (Martinborough)
top 5
Deeply coloured, dense and brooding in the glass with sumptuous black fruit, concentrated currants, black cherries, herbs and spices on …
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Saint Clair James Sinclair Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)
top 5
Bright, yet deeply coloured with cherries, red fruits and reduction on the nose. The palate is abundant with sweet fruit …
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Saint Clair Pioneer Block 15 Strip Block Pinot Noir 2021 (Marlborough)
top 5
An almost purple-red in the glass with brooding dark florals coming through the nose and onto the palate alongside bright …
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Tohu Whenua Awa Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020 (Upper Awatere Valley, Marlborough)
top 10Deeply coloured with just a hint of fade, this pinot is both bold and plush with lots of great primary …
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Mount Riley 17 Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021
top 10
A dark and almost opaque purple-red, this fruit-forward wine has lots of dark fruit aromas and perfumed oak on the …
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Jackson Estate Vintage Widow Pinot Noir 2019 (Marlborough)
top 10An extremely complex wine with a mélange of currants, cherries, toast, smoky cigar, spice and forest floor through the nose …
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Aotea by the Seifried Family Nelson Pinot Noir 2021
Medium coloured with black florals and a charry reduction on the nose alongside a cracked black-pepper character. The elegant palate …
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Pinot Noir
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Quartz Reef Bendigo Estate Pinot Noir 2014 (Central Otago)
top 10
Older vines and recent conversion to biodynamics have seen Quartz Reef pinots achieve new levels of elegance. A dark, muscular …
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Rock Ferry Central Otago Pinot Noir 2012
top 10
The volume is turned up high on this Bendigo-grown pinot. It’s a big, dark, sweet-fruited style with brambly fruit, spice …
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Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2012
top 10
This dark, dense wine immediately seduces with the generosity and exuberance of its dark-fruit flavours. Violets and berries set the …
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Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2013
top 10
Rockburn continues a great run (the 2012 was last year’s top pinot) with this richly perfumed wine. The lifted lilac …
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Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015
top 10
It wouldn’t be a Cuisine pinot noir tasting without a Rockburn, a winery with a great success record over an …
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Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
top 10
Aromas of black cherry, raspberries, dried herbs and delicate spice alongside dark chocolate make up the nose of this complex …
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Saint Clair Pioneer Block 5 Bull Block Pinot Noir 2013
Grown on a clay-rich site in the Omaka Valley where Jersey bulls once grazed, this dark-fruited wine is enlivened by …
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Saint Clair Vicar’s Choice Pinot Noir 2014
Another label that is a perennial overachiever. This latest Vicar’s Choice is a sassy, bright expression. Berryfruit and red apple …
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Sideways Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
top 15
A plummy, perfumed nose alongside aromas of savoury dried thyme are quintessential hallmarks of central pinot. These characters segue through …
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Sileni Estate Selection Springstone Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir 2016
This Hawke’s Bay winery’s strong pinot progress continues with this attractive wine. Red fruit and cedary scents are the prelude …
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SOHO McQueen Pinot Noir 2013
“Black olive, dark cherry, savoury, exotic spice… there’s so much flavour interest,” enthused Sam Harrop. In the mouth, this powerful, …
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Stoneleigh Latitude Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014
An overture of spiced plum scents is followed by an allegro of a mouthful – vibrant red fruit notes, oak …
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Doctors Flat Pinot Noir 2011
Steve Davies’ fabulous rolling, elevated Bannockburn site is starting to hit its straps. This wine drew universal praise for its dark-fruit charm …
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Domain Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012 (Central Otago)
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Domain Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012 (Central Otago)
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Domain Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013
This perennially quality pinot is again on song. Scents of both red- and dark-fruit become a crushed berryfruit character in …
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Domain Road Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020 (Central Otago)
An immediately appealing yet delicate nose with ripe raspberries, red cherries and a hint of dark cherry aromas. Lovely concentration …
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Elephant Hill Pinot Noir 2011
Hawke’s Bay-based Elephant Hill uses fruit from two Central vineyards (one in Tarras, the other Alexandra) to make this plump, …
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Black Grape Society Central Otago Pinot Noir
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Black Grape Society Marlborough Pinot Noir
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Blind River Awatere Valley Pinot Noir 2020
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Blind River Pinot Noir 2012
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Blind River Pinot Noir 2019 Marlborough/Awatere Valley
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Blind River Pinot Noir 2021 Awatere Valley – Marlborough