This is a first ever vintage… and the vineyard site has shown what it’s capable of… bright dark red, pungent aromas of black raspberry, blueberry and mace, sweeter and more pliant than many, it’s also a bit darker in character than many NZ or even most New World Pinot Noir’s. This is a sexy, juicy, sweet wine with lovely breath of flavour, there’s moderate density here, but it comes across as being light on its feet. If you’re looking for a very classy Pinot Noir which you can crack open and enjoy straight away you won’t go far wrong with this. Being the first ever vintage, yields are very low and quality is high, production was only 500 cases, and we purchased one third of the production, but I’m not certain how long it will last, to be safe drink it up between 2009 and 2014. There’s a very talented team behind this label and my feeling is “it’s a winery going places”.