Calrossie Vineyard Grand Reserve Pinot Noir

The award-winning Calrossie Vineyard wines from the Awatere Valley in Marlborough, New Zealand are celebrated for their exceptional quality and attention to detail. Calrossie Vineyard wines are the product of meticulous attention to detail and offer elegant expressions of vineyard and vintage.

This 2022 Grand Reserve Pinot Noir is one of the very best expressions to date, with great palate weight and generosity from its rich clay soils.

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VARIETALS
100% Pinot Noir

VINTAGE
2022

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Description

TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol 13%

APPEARANCE
Bright, light ruby red.

NOSE
Flavours of black cherry, ripe doris plum and blackberry, alongside aromas of game, forest floor and tobacco.

PALATE
Full of bright, juicy red fruits, a plush but savoury palate and complex tertiary aromas from its time in oak. This is a wine with an equal measure of balance, complexity and flavour, with great palate weight and deep generosity from its rich clay soils.

AGEING
Aged in French oak barrels (25% new) for 24 months and then further aged in tank before its release in May 2025.

PAIRING
Match it with light dishes as grilled salmon, or more rich red meats, as lamb rack.