100 Percent hand picked, hand plunged in open top fermenters and matured for 14 months new and seasoned French barriques. The result is a concentrated, silky and ripe smooth-talking wine with seductive notes of red and black cherry with touches of clove.This outstanding pinot noir is a blend of fruit parcels from our single vineyard sites. Deep red hues lead to a perfumed bouquet of red and dark cherries, wild berry and subtle spicy notes on the nose. The wine displays intense purity with an elegant and refined palate displaying richness and generosity. The complex palate is layered by fine silky tannins encasing concentrated fruit characters, all hallmark traits of classic Marlborough pinot noir. This wine will age gracefully and offer intrigue with bottle maturation.

Oyster Bay Pinot Noir Marlborough is an elegant, fragrant and subtle wine, with undeniable cool climate flavour intensity. It shows enticing aromas of ripe cherries and plums and a gentle palate full of sweet fruit and soft tannins, with good structure and length. With every vintage we are working with more established vines from a steadily growing number of small vineyard blocks, each site chosen specifically for its uniform soils of moderate fertility providing for slow ripening and enhanced flavour development. We use both barrel and tank fermentation and we also mature with a mix of new and older French oak.