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Cloudy Bay Te Wahi PinotN

Name: Cloudy Bay Te Wahi PinotN
SKU: 125472
Price: 139.99 NZD
Availability: OutOfStock

Wine · New Zealand · 13%

$139.99each

What it tastes like

A Central Otago Pinot Noir with dark cherry fruit and earthy notes, showing depth and a refined structure.

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Additional information

Wine
Style: New Zealand
Origin: 13% ABV
Alcohol: 0.8 per bottle
Standard drinks

The story of Cloudy Bay Te Wahi PinotN

Te Wāhi is Cloudy Bay's Central Otago Pinot Noir, the first wine the Marlborough winery made from outside its home region, and the name is te reo Māori for "the place". The first release was the 2010 vintage, a limited run of about 1,000 cases. Today the fruit comes from two contrasting vineyards: Northburn, on the steep east bank of Lake Dunstan, and Calvert, on Felton Road in Bannockburn.

Northburn's rocky glacial soils give structure and intensity, while Calvert's silty loam over an ancient lake bed adds fragrance and richness. Most of the fruit is destemmed into open-top fermenters, with some whole bunches in the mix. The wine then goes through extended maceration, completes malolactic fermentation on its own in spring, and spends a year or more in French oak barrels.

In the glass it is dark and powerful, with blueberry, plum and cherry, and warm spice and forest floor creeping in as it ages. Silky tannins keep it poised. Serve it at about 12 to 15 degrees. Slow roasted lamb shoulder with grilled root vegetables suits it well, as does beef wellington with parsnip purée, and it can be opened now or kept for five to ten years.