Cherry
Warm spice

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Rapaura Springs Res Pinot Noir

Name: Rapaura Springs Res Pinot Noir
SKU: 114584
Price: 19.99 NZD
Availability: InStock

Wine · New Zealand · 13%

$19.99each

What it tastes like

Cherry · plum · soft spice

Rapaura Springs Reserve Pinot Noir features a refined Marlborough red wine with cherry and spice character. This elegant Pinot Noir offers smooth tannins and structure.

Cherry
Warm spice

Additional information

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

The story of Rapaura Springs Res Pinot Noir

Rapaura Springs is owned and run by two Marlborough families, the Neylons and the Wiffins. In the early 1980s the Neylons were the first family to grow, process and export green-lipped mussels. In 1985 they bought prime vineyard land and joined the Wiffins to grow orchard fruit, then set up a grapevine nursery. The orchards were later converted to vineyards and a winery was built. The name comes from John Neylon's property at Rapaura, which borders a natural spring, and the circle of rocks on every label stands for that spring.

The Reserve Pinot Noir is made from selected inland, warmer Marlborough vineyards. The fruit is cold soaked for about five days, then fermented in small open-top tanks using a mix of wild and selected yeasts. The ferments are plunged twice a day and left on skins for around five more days before pressing. The wine goes through malolactic fermentation in French oak, with about a fifth of the oak new.

In the glass it shows cherry and subtle spice, ripe red berries and silky tannins, finishing long and elegant. Grilled lamb chops and roast chicken are the pairings the winery suggests, and a mushroom pie or a board of firm cheese would suit it too.