- Pinot Noir
- Sourced from the Sauvage Vineyard, 5.8 hectares planted in 1999, average vine age 20 years old
- Sauvage Vineyard is located on the Northeast side of Felton Road, where it sits between the Felton Road MacMuir Vineyard and the Mt Edward Muirkirk Vineyard
- Hand-harvested and fermented for around 25 days with indigenous yeast
- Aged in French oak
- Bottled unfiltered and unfined
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2020
Country:
New Zealand
Region:
Central Otago
Appellation:
Central Otago
Variety:
Pinot Noir
Color:
Red
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | NZ-BCV-22-20 | 6/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
96
Date
2023-03-22
Wine Advocate
Score
94
Date
2023-12-14
"The 2020 Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir is from Bannockburn and is so different from the Burn Cottage Vineyard in aromatics and presence. On the nose, the wine is throaty and full, with cherries, pomegranate, raspberry pip and pink peppercorns. This is supple, rich and full, with pastry, pepper-rolled pastrami, violets and brine. Excellent wine. It's bigger than the Burn Cottage Vineyard. There is a lovely chalky and gently grippy tannin splay through the finish. Sixteen percent whole cluster, 20 days on skins, three coopers and four different clones: clone 5/Pommard, clones 6, 115 and 777."