The Noir label brings together over three decades of wine-making experience, creating a soft, bright, fruit-forward wine that can be enjoyed immediately or will cellar successfully for several years. Made using traditional techniques from fruit grown on the Martinborough terrace. The fruit was destemmed into open-top vessels and fermented using indigenous yeast. After an average vat time of 20 days, the wine was pressed off and aged in predominately older French barriques for 10 months.

T A S T I N G
Bright ruby red in colour, the wine opens with lifted perfume and fresh summer berries. An elegant vintage has given us softness and focus. It is very fragrant and attractive with fresh red berries, underpinned with turned earth, subtle spice, and savoury notes, which add to the complexity. The fresh berries continue on the palate with ripe cranberry, fresh cherry, and strawberry, creating a bright vibrancy and crunchie freshness. Soft, fine-grained tannin also intertwines on the palate, creating texture and poise. This is an attractive wine that is immediately appealing but will also be rewarded with a few years in the cellar. Serve at 16°C and enjoy with any red meat and rich pasta dishes or as a perfect accompaniment to a barbeque.