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2019 Akitu, A1 Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - at best
Product: 20198043269
2019 Akitu, A1 Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand

Description

Beauty in a glass? Quite possibly. Often Pinot is associated with delicate flavours, and this wine, in particular, has it in abundance. Soft fruit and light spices with an ever so slight hint of earthiness mean that the beguiling aroma has instant charm yet also hints at the layers beneath. The purity of fruit on the palate is astonishing, with bright acidity and again charm. Hard to resist now, but it will certainly keep and improve over the next 10 years.

Matthew Cobb, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Akitu, Hawkesbury Estates Ltd

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Akitu

Since its inception in 2002, Akitu – meaning ‘summit’ in Maori – has quickly gained renown thanks to its Burgundian-style Pinot Noirs, which have been hailed as some of the best in New Zealand.
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