Wairau River Marlborough Pinot Noir 2022 750ml

Wairau River belongs to the Rose family. Phil and Chris Rose planted some of the first vineyards in Marlborough in 1978, on the north side of the Wairau Valley. The wines are estate-grown and sustainably farmed.

This is the estate Pinot Noir, made only from the family's own Marlborough vineyards. Recent vintages draw on estate blocks including Home Block, Mahers, Crusher, Kaituna and Angler, aging in French oak barriques and full malolactic fermentation.

It shows concentrated raspberry and red cherry, savory complexity, wild berry and bramble, and fine tannins.

Against Craggy Range Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024, Wairau River is the Marlborough choice and costs less; for an estate New Zealand Pinot Noir around $20, choose Wairau River.

Serve it at 59°F with mushroom risotto, salmon or duck. It can be cellared for three to six years, so the 2022 can be opened now or kept a few more years.

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