Whitehaven pride themselves on the peerless quality of fruit, they take nothing but the pick of crop and work with Marlborough's most distinguished growers. A superior harvest of Pinot Noir is sourced from Michelle and Andy Peter's vineyard in Awatere Valley. Grapes are destemmed into small open top vats and plunged several times daily over the course of a week, racked to a high proportion of new French oak for malolactic and fifteen month's maturation. A full bodied style of exquisite balance and ample fruit, woo your Whitehaven with game and gourmandise.

$4999each $599DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Deep ruby, brick red hues. Complex nose, array of cedar, bottled plum and cherry notes, the savouryness of oak spice and earth characters of freshly picked beetroot. Full bodied Pinot Noir, supported by a chamois of soft, ripe tannins, velvety textures, an opulence of fruit and persistence of flavours on the lengthy, supple, lasting finish.

The uncompromising pursuit of excellence brings the Yealands team to the extreme viticultural climes of Gibbston Valley in Central Otago. It is here under the frigid cloudless night skies that Pinot Noir vines, planted to undulating granite schist soils, struggle to yield harvests of parched grapes, redolent with cherry berry perfumes, bursting with an intensity of flavour and wrapped in a muslin of seamless, velvet tannins. Treated to a year in a proportion of new French oak barriques, the Otago Pinot of choice to match with red meats, lamb roasts and game.

$7099each $851DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Pete Yealands is a natural viticulturalist, happiest at work on the land, he has established many of Marlborough's most splendid vineyards. Single site Awatere Pinot Noir from an exposed terrace on the upper ridge of Seaview Vineyard, planted to some marvelous Dijon clones. The confluence of auspicious soils and low yields translate into a wine of sound structure and generous palate weight. Dark cherry, rose petal and elegant spice, mouthfilling flavours of raspberry rhubarb and luscious dark cherry are balanced by a line of fine mineral acidity.

$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN