Black Label
Marlborough Pinot Noir
2025
Big hearted and open armed with cherry, plum and gentle spice that carry through a long, smooth finish.
Black Label Marlborough Pinot Noir
Our Black Label range is crafted specifically to complement food. This Pinot Noir is warm and soft in style with delicately textured tannins. A dark fruited and spicy wine, with great persistence, offering sweet cherry and raspberry notes with a hint of nutmeg.
Winemaker Notes
The fruit was harvested from our Headwaters, Cowslip Valley & Echelon vineyards in Marlborough’s Wairau and Waihopai Valleys. The grapes were crushed into open top vats and after a period of cold soaking fermented with moderate plunging of the cap. After four weeks in total on skins the wine was moved to oak barriques to undergo malolactic fermentation and mature for 11 months.
Food Pairing
Roast cauliflower with hazelnut brown butter, capers and pomegranate or Crispy-skinned duck breast with a sharp orange and sour-cherry sauce.
Technical Notes
| Alc | 13.5% |
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| TA | 5.93g/L |
| pH | 3.53 |
| RS | 0.49g/L |
Key Information
| First Vintage | 2012 |
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| Region | Marlborough |
| Fermentation Vessel | Open top vats |
| Malolactic | Yes |
| Fining | Potato Protein |
