Kiwa Pinot Noir

Fruit from an established vineyard, grown on the famous alluvial terrace - a quintessentially Martinborough Pinot Noir, with classic savoury characters, lifted spice and supple tannin.

CURRENT VINTAGE: 2022

The Kiwa vineyard is situated on Te Muna Rd, nine kilometres east of Martinborough village. The combination of deep alluvial gravels, for which the Martinborough Terraces are known and loved, as well as these mature vines both bring complexity and textural qualities to this wine.

The fruit was destemmed to an open top fermenter with the inclusion of some whole bunch. It was fermented using indigenous yeast and hand plunged just once a day for soft extraction, with a total vat time of 27 days. After pressing it was matured in 40% new French oak barriques for 20 months. Bottled without fining or filtration, promoting textured mouth feel and balanced fruit complexities.

The palate of this wine has aromas of spice and anise followed by a lifted fragrance due to the inclusion of stems. These flavours are underpinned by an array of red fruit flavours such as raspberry, sour red cherry and redcurrant. Wine Analysis

2022

- Alcohol 13.5%
- Total Dry extract 29.9 g/L
- pH 3.70
- Total Acid 5.3 g/L
- Residual sugar