- 100% Pinot Noir
- Sourced from a single vineyard 1km from the winery where the soils are comprised of deep heavy silts with a thin layer of loess topsoil
- The nature of being a gravity flow winery allows grapes to be gently destemmed without pumping
- Long pre-fermentation soaks of 8-10 days
- 20% whole cluster fermentation
- Native yeast fermentation
- Punched down by hand up to 2 times per day with a total time on the skins of 22-24 days
- Aged for 16 months in French oak (25% new)
- No fining or filtering
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2021
Country:
New Zealand
Region:
Central Otago
Appellation:
Central Otago
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Certified Biodynamic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | NZ-FRW-12-21 | 6/750ml |
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2022-11-02
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2023-12-14
"The 2021 Calvert Pinot Noir leads with pomegranate and strawberry, rosehip and crushed walnuts. This is a spicy wine with lashings of black tea, fine tannins, pliable structure and an effortless flow of fruit in the mouth. Everything feels perfectly judged. I love the freshness of the acidity; it leaves the feeling in the mouth on an uptick. A flourish. It's good. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
Decanter
Score
94
Date
2023-01-05
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2023-04-27
Jancis Robinson
Score
17+
Date
2022-12-23
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2022
Decanter
Score
97
Date
2024-10-07
"A harmonious wine, so generous and giving that you nearly overlook the firm spine of acidity and tannin that shows its pedigree. Very fragrant and complex, with fruit, florals and spice. Great flow across the palate and proper build to the long finish. Very complete and inviting now, it'll be hard to keep your hands off this but it will age very nicely indeed. B Corp certified and biodynamic."
2022
Vinous
Score
93
Date
2024-05-14
"The 2022 Pinot Noir Calvert is an intriguingly fragrant wine, evoking the medicinal herbs of an Italian aperitivo alongside cherries, fruit cake and festive spices, which continue on the palate. It fills the mouth but does so without any sense of heaviness. The 2022 is a calming, relaxed wine with a tender charm and mouthcoating tannins that provide an assured structure on the finish without being assertive. The 2022 will evolve gracefully but is already a flavorful party in your mouth."
2022
Jancis Robinson
Score
17.5+
Date
2024-04-08
"Medium crimson. Perfumed and black-fruited. Dried herbs, smoky, wet-stone minerality and a salty/savoury character that makes it extra appealing. The tannins are fine-grained and elegant. (FG)"
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
95
Date
2023-12-14
"The 2020 Calvert Pinot Noir is sumptuously red fruited, with cherry, strawberry, raspberry/rhubarb, pink peppercorns and star anise. There's even fennel seeds. In the mouth, the wine plays along so nicely and cooperatively. It is an elegant, supple wine in a wonderful place right now. If you are playing along at home, this is now entering a sublime drinking window. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
2020
Vinous
Score
94
Date
2022-04-12
2020
Jancis Robinson
Score
17+
Date
2021-09-28
"17++ is the actual score"