Neudorf Home Block Moutere Pinot Noir 2022

Category:
 
Red Wines
Sub-Category:  
 
Red Wines
Producer:
 
Neudorf
Label Name:
 
Home Block Moutere Pinot Noir
Vintage:
 
2022
Country:
 
New Zealand
Region:
 
Nelson / Moutere
Volume:
 
750ml
ABV:
 
13.5%
Grape(s):
 
Pinot Noir
Acidity:
 
3
Tannins:
 
3
Sweetness:
 
1
Body:
 
3
Length:
 
4
Aroma Intensity:
 
4
Best Temperature:
 
14-16°C

Awards/Ratings
Cameron Douglas MS 95/100 (Outstanding); Bob Campbell MW 93/100. Biogro organic certification; widely praised for structure and cellaring potential

Tasting Note
Elegant, savoury Pinot Noir: vanilla, violets and pink peppercorn with pomegranate and blueberry, layered with brooding earth and manuka-smoke. Fine cocoa-like, chalky tannins, soft acidity and a long, savoury finish.

Food Pairing
Western: roast duck, venison, grilled lamb, mushroom risotto, beef carpaccio. Asian: slow-cooked hāngī, Chinese roast duck, Korean BBQ, miso-glazed aubergine or salmon, shiitake soba.

Production Method
Hand-harvested fruit; chilled, sorted and destemmed; wild-yeast open-top fermentation with hand plunging; 100% natural malolactic; matured ~10 months in French oak (c.20% new); unfined, unfiltered; certified organic.

Vineyard Info
Single-vineyard Home Block (Upper Moutere). North-facing, ~60m elevation on Moutere clay-gravel soils; dry-farmed and Biogro organic certified; original plantings from late 1970s.