2022, Pinot Noir, Snakes Tongue, Pyramid Valley
Parker 94 (2023); James Suckling 98 (2024)
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At a glance
- Grape
- Pinot Noir 100%
- Region
- Central Otago, New Zealand
- Alcohol
- 13.50%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Poultry & Pork, Red Meat, Cheese
Why this wine
Pyramid Valley farm biodynamically and were early advocates of site-specific, low-intervention winemaking in New Zealand. Fine-boned and savoury rather than powerful. The most serious Pinot Noir here.
Our advantages:
Description
How it tastes
Dark fruit, cherry and clove evoking forest floor and wild thyme, with subdued power on the palate and flavours of red fruit and game. 33% whole bunch, wild-fermented in an open-top concrete tulip.
The producer
The Snake's Tongue parcel was planted in 2007 at Pyramid Valley's Mānatu estate in Lowburn, Central Otago — Abel clone, farmed to BioGro certified organic standards. The house itself is built on limestone and clay at Waikari in North Canterbury.
Food and drinking
Good with poultry & pork, red meat and cheese. Drinking well now, with a decade or more ahead of it. Serve at 16–18°C.