The Independent, Something for the Weekend.
2010 Pinot Noir
Behind the berry-fruit fragrance is a juicy mulberry and loganberry quality with a silky texture and mouthwatering freshness. Dinner Party.
Rose Murray Brown, The Scotsman, Pinot 2010 STAR BUY
2010 Pinot Noir
Marlborough has improved most in the last decade with this grape. I remember looking at all the bleak young plantings in the Brancott valley in Marlborough’s Wairau Valley – and then driving through acres and acres of new vineyards of tiny new pinot vines in Marlborough’s southern Awatere valley back in early 1990s with Villa Maria’s viticulturist. It seemed like pioneer country, with everything staked on pinot as the new saviour grape after sauvignon blanc.
Twenty years on Marlborough is now hitting the headlines. All those young vines (now 2,000 hectares of pinot are planted in Marlborough) have matured and the older they get, the more complex and concentrated the fruit. Wineries like Fromm, Dog Point, Greywacke and Seresin are producing show-stopping pinots. After the success of New Zealand’s zesty sauvignon blancs, we now have the most succulent, silkiest, gorgeous pinot noirs as well.
MARLBOROUGH
Location South Island, Style Ripe, dark cherry fruit, silky and succulent, Wineries to watch Dog Point, Fromm, Greywacke.
Marlborough: Dog Point Pinot Noir 2010
“These boys know what they are doing,” says Jasper Morris MW. They sure do. Ex-Cloudy Bay viticulturist, Ivan Sutherland and winemaker James Healy have created another succulent, beautifully textured, ripe pinot. Always a winner at our tastings. STAR BUY
