Named for a rare grasshopper Sigaus childi, found only at Central Otago within the Earnscleugh gold mine tailings, just across the road from Grasshopper Rock vineyard. The site is fortuitously harsh and sufficiently challenging to make the vines work their hardest. With extremes of heat and cold comes the risk of severe spring and autumn frosts, the property represents a demanding but rewarding environment for the production of world class Pinot Noir.

$3999each $479DOZEN EACH DOZEN Earnscleugh Road is at the southernmost latitude of established wine growing in Central Otago. At 45°15' south, the property is one of the most isolated in the world, along with a select group of other sites on the Earnscleugh Rim. Grasshopper Rock is one of the few tracts of quality arable land in the Dunstan Basin. Within the site, there are three distinct areas, Blocks 1 and 2 are hill soils on shattered schist, Blocks 3 and 4 are at the foot of the hill on loamy sand over schist gravel, Blocks 5 and 6 are out from the hill on loamy sand and stony schists. A single vineyard wine from fruit grown to hand managed vines, crafted to traditional techniques, matured ten months in a selection of seasoned and new French oak barrels.

Bright, deep scarlet. Deeply aromatic with earth, cherry and charming violet florals, darker fruits and concentration, gentle spice and toasty oak. Smoothly textured palate with ripe tannins in support of red and black currant and plum flavours. Rich, generous yet wonderfully integrated on release, a long savoury finish and perfect balance of cherry Pinot acids.

Konrad Hengstler discovered Marlborough while traveling through New Zealand in 1987 and was immediately attracted to the generosity of the wines. Today Konrad excels at viticuture and loves everything about the land, his estate wineworks are located in Waihopai Valley at the very heart of Marlborough, it enjoys magnificent views of the surrounding mountain ranges. Treated to a course of wild indigenous yeast ferments, hand plunged and pressed into seasoned French oak barriques for ten months maturation, a delicious single vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir in full bloom.

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Main Divide is the mighty range of Southern Alps which form the backbone of Te Wai Pounamu. The highly accomplished Pegasus Bay team work with good local growers to realize harvests of the finest fruit. Pinot Noir is assembled from a handful of choice vineyards planted to unique terroirs, which can speak of the world's most challenging mesoclimes. An artisanal Burgundy style vinification achieves a rich and seductive Pinot wine, endowed with savoury meat and trade spice characters, integrated oak and harmonious tannins.

$2999each $359DOZEN EACH DOZEN Harvests are collated from select vines planted to a mixture of clay and stony soils. Good exposure to sunlight in the lee of the southern Alps is essential to keeping the fruit healthy and well ventilated, achieving optimal ripening. Grapes are destemmed into small fermenting vats, retaining as many whole berries as possible. Several days of cold settling are followed by a wild indigenous yeast vinification. The fermenting caps are submerged twice daily for optimal extractions. Upon completion, components are held on skins for several weeks, infusing complexity and enhancing textures, before transfer into a selection of Burgundian coopered French oak barriques for malolactic and a year's maturation.

Bright ruby hue. Raspberry, bramble and black cherry nose, hints of cinnamon, liquorice, wood smoke and barbecued meat. A generously fruit filled palate supported by a spine of muscular ripe tannins, contributing vibrancy and length. Dark plum, truffles and spice, earthy flavours and underlying power. Match with coq au vin, barbeques and slow cooked game.

From a single elite parcel in the Cromwell basin of Central Otago, a challenging site of gravel clays which encourage the vines to struggle for their nourishment, yielding limited harvests of intensely flavoured Pinot Noir. Grapes are all hand picked and completely destemmed for several days of ferment and a fortnight on skins, followed by a year's age in exclusively French oak. Richly perfumed of cherries and dark festive fruits, its ripe, full bodied palate of forest floor, licorice and stalk, undulates over a lingering length of delicious, gummy tannins.

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A fully Certified Organic wine, fashioned from Pinot Noir grown to three Marlborough vineyards which exhibit profound affinity. Momo is Maori for offspring, the consular Pinot wine that's sprung from Marlborough's Seresin Estate. Now all grown up with its own identity and personality, youthful, urbane and well travelled, charming and seriously stylish. Momo loves good food and great conversation, above all, Momo is about enjoyment, the sublime pleasure of good wine.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN Momo is a proudly biodynamic certified organic Pinot Noir, the Seresin team emply a range of different preparations to help balance the environment and naturally enrich the soils. Preparations are used in combination to encourage the availability of soil minerals to plants. Momo selects sustainably grown grapes from a small number of growers and uses minimal winemaking intervention to present wines with honest varietal character and quality. Grapes are hand picked and hand sorted, followed by destemming and a term of cold soak maceration. Following a wild indigenous yeast vinification in traditional open top fermenters, components are transferred to French oak barriques for up to a year's maturation.

Garnet red colour. Aromas of black cherry, mocha, new leather and hints of spice. The palate is concentrated with succulent dark fruits layered over smoky oak and fine mouth coating tannins. Excellent cellaring potential, but why wait, enjoy Momo today with all meats, mushroom dishes or rich fish steaks like salmon and tuna.

Mount Riley is a family owned estate with strong traditional values and a guiding philosophy of being involved at all stages of the winemaking process, from the vineyard to the glass. Always in fine fashion and consistently so, an ambassador of fine Marlborough Pinot Noir to the world, Mount Riley can boast significant accolades at conspicuous wine competitions, from the ANZ Awards to the prestigious London International. Multiple vineyard parcels and clonal material construct a Marlborough Pinot Noir of great character, depth of flavour and exquisite charm.

$1949each $233DOZEN EACH DOZEN Parcels of Pinot Noir are sourced from superior vineyards throughout Marlborough's Wairau Valley, including Mount Riley's very own, splendid Seventeen Valley vineyard. Diversity of terroirs and clonal material achieves a complex and complete wine with great fruit character and depth of flavour. The backbone of grapes comes from vines planted to stony unfertile blocks, perfect for the production of intensely flavoured Pinot Noir. A spectrum of clones is included, UCD 5 and 6, 10/5 and Dijon clones 115, 118, 375 and 777. Bunches are cold soaked, fermented in small individual batches on skins and treated to several months maturation in a selection of fine French oak barriques. Alcohol 13.0%

Mid red colour, garnet/ ruby hues. Dark cherry and red berry fruit aromas are supported by hints of spice and earthiness. An approachable, elegant wine with soft tannins, delicious ripe red fruit flavours and concentration. Drinking well upon release, alongside salmon steak, escalope of veal or nicely dressed duck.

By virtue of their prolific range of single vineyard editions, assembling parcels with the greatest synergy are central to the production of a Mt Difficulty in perfect balance. Fruit is sourced from the south side of Kawarau River at Bannockburn, where different clonal parcels on the same block, which can ripen together, are handled as a unique individual parcel. Exhibiting an amazing weight of fruit on the palate, a powerfully structured Otago Pinot, fleshy and plushly textured, finishing with a lovely extraction of velvet tannin and perfumed cherry plum richness.

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Attractive dark burgundy colour. Deliciously perfumed aromatics, dark red and black fruits of the forest dominate, underpinned by lifted floral notes. A palate of lovely elegance and flow, striking precision and clarity, plush dense fruit of the forest flavours, plushness moves beautifully into the mid palate, fine elegant textural tannins frame the fruit and acidity before a lengthy finish.