Te Whare Ra Pinot Noir 2018 (6 Bottles) Marlborough, NZ

by CellarHand

$304.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

This represents a selected parcel that has been singled out as the best expression of Te Whare Ra’s site. It has an enchantingly bright and perfumed nose with violet-like florals, sweet baking spices and beautifully pure red cherry fruits. The palate has impressive structure and textural complexity, the tannins swirl, the acidity shines and the fruit flavours in the red cherry and redcurrant spectrum run deep, long and deceptively powerful. Drink in 2017. 96 points. – Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com

All fruit for this wine was handpicked, hand-sorted, destemmed without crushing and transferred to small one-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged up to four times daily. Each clone was fermented separately. Some parcels had a small percentage of whole bunches included. The majority were inoculated with selected yeasts, with a small proportion wild fermented. The fruit had a 7-9 day cold soak, a 5-7 day ferment, and then post-ferment maceration for 8-10 days.

Pressed off on taste and then filled to oak after 24 hours. In French oak (30% new) from various coopers for 12 months.This Pinot shows fragrant notes of ripe strawberry and cherry with hints of violets, mocha, spice and some savoury undertones. The finely textured, silky tannins combine with flavours of strawberry and omega plum. The palate carries into more complex, savoury flavours and finishes with a lingering persistence of fruit, fine tannin and integrated oak.

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Description

Te Whare Ra (TWR) is a small vineyard and winery located in the Marlborough sub-region of Renwick, owned by winemakers – Anna & Jason Flowerday. The 11 Ha vineyard which has predominantly loam over clay soils, is one of the oldest in Marlborough, originally planted in 1979. Yields are kept low, the vineyard is managed with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and all the fruit is hand picked and hand-sorted.

The wines are made with minimal intervention in a small winery which has been specifically set up for small batch winemaking. TWR produces Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, an aromatic blend called Toru, Rose, Pinot Noir and Syrah. Our Cellar Door is open for wine sales and tastings from November till we start harvest in March. During this time we’re open weekdays from 11 – 4 and some weekends when the vineyard and family time permits.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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