2016 - Te Muna Road Vineyard
Martinborough
2016 - Te Muna Road Vineyard , Martinborough
Handpicked from the higher terrace of the vineyard and fermented with indigenous yeast producing a wine with a silky layered texture providing interest and complexity.
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Handpicked from the higher terrace of the vineyard and fermented with indigenous yeast producing a wine with a silky layered texture providing interest and complexity.
Pinot Noir is Martinborough’s most planted and certainly most acclaimed grape variety. The region’s warm, dry summers and mild winters have led to complex and structured wines with subtle aromatics and an elegant finish. The success of Martinborough Pinot Noir has to a large extent driven the rapid development of this very dynamic and quality-focused region.
Julian Grounds, Chief Winemaker
Julian Grounds, Chief Winemaker
Dark cherry with a crimson hue. Dark aromatics with notes of ripe cherry, sage, dried bark and thyme emerging. Wonderful integration of ripe red fruits and velvety tannins across the palate. It has great density yet carries a very elegant feel as it flows towards the savoury dry finish.
Duck dishes
5 to 7 years from vintage
El Niño, warm and dry. Excellent.
24.2
45 hl/ha
100%
80%
Combination of French oak cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 23% new
Bright red cherry colour. Seductive aromas of plums, raspberry, dried rose petals and damp earth. Delicious and long feel on the palate with a fresh core of red fruits integrated with fine
dry tannins to create a beautiful yet texturally dry finish.
Poultry
3 to 5 years from vintage
Cool start, low crops, dry and early
23.7
20 hl/ha
100%
85%
Combination of French oak cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 25% new
Bright red cherry colour with a crimson hue. Seductive aromas of dark cherry, dried rose petals, thyme and damp earth. Beautifully varietal, elegant and long on the palate. Medium weight red fruit richness and fine-grained tannins are drawn out long across the palate by acidity to create a finish which is savoury and dry.
Duck
5-7 years from vintage
Warm, early and excellent.
24.3 average
52 hl/ha
100%
85%
Combination of French oak cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques
Bright red cherry with a crimson hue. Aromas of black cherry, gentle toast and wild herbs prevail with a strong sense of the forest. Lovely ripe flavours of black cherry and red fruits are balanced with fine velvety tannins and a hint of dry earth. Long, soft, fine grained finish.
Duck dishes
5-7 years from vintage
Warm, dry and early.
24.3 average
41 hl/ha
100%
90%
Combination of French oak Cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 25% new barrel
Deep brick red colour. Vibrant aromatics of red and black cherries, rose petal, sandalwood and wet earth. On the palate, fresh red fruits and fine dry tannins provide a soft yet complex finish.
Duck dishes
5 years from vintage
Cool, light crops, late harvest.
22.6 average
34 hl/ha
100%
90%
Combination of French oak Cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Inoculated
French oak barriques, 25% new barrel
Deep red colour. Prominent aromatics of black cherry and boysenberry overshadow subtle notes of rose petal, bark, and a hint of fresh mint. Rich on the palate, fine oak and intriguing mushroom, soy and dried herb flavours provide complexity to the sweet dark fruited core of this wine. The finish is long and lithe.
Game and lamb dishes
7 years from vintage
Mild, dry, excellent.
23.8 average
47 hl/ha
85%
90%
Combination of French oak Cuves and open top stainless steel tanks
Inoculated
French oak barriques, 27% new barrel
A medium ruby colour. Bright aromas of cherry, raspberry, dried sage and a hint of smoke make for an enticing nose. On the palate the taut, focussed fruit tannin sits seamlessly in this medium weight wine with a silky savoury finish.
Veal
5 years from vintage
Cool, dry and late.
22.8 average
28 hl/ha
100%
100%
Open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous and inoculated
French oak barriques, 31% new barrel
A bright and deep rosey red. Fragrant aromatics of red fruits, plum, tree bark, a variety of flowers, spice and earth. 2009 is a year of seamless structure, satin tannins and gentle supporting acidity. The palate is pure, long, very finely textured. The lush mid palate holds a mix of red berries, violets, ruby grapefruit, liquorice and exotic spice. The wine finishes with length, poise and delightful focus.
Game, pork or lamb dishes.
7 years from vintage
Dry, hot summer, cool finish, excellent.
24.6 average
27 hl/ha
100%
95%
Open top French oak cuves
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 32% new barrel
Deep blackish red. Dark brooding fruit aromas of black cherry, boysenberry with florals, truffle and tar. The palate is silkily structured, with layered fine tannins giving a texture of silk and rose petals. Flavours of the same black fruits and florals, backed with mushroom, bark, fennel and other spices. Dense yet elegant and poised. The finish gradually unwinds revealing bright red berry and violets.
Game birds, lamb.
7 years from vintage
Warm, dry, balanced crops.
24.4 average
25 hl/ha
100%
95%
Open top French oak cuves
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 33% new barrel
Deep black, plummy red. Vibrant and complex aromatics of black fruit, flowers, liquorice, plum and cherry, with secondary notes of earth, cocoa and spice. The palate is full and sweet-fruited with flavours of cherries, violets, tar, bark, smoke, spice and liquorice. Full bodied with fine, velvety tannins that coat the mouth.
Game birds, lamb.
10 years from vintage
Cool, sunny, small crops.
24.6 average
3.2 hl/ha
100%
100%
Small French oak cuves
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 38% new barrel
Bright ruby red in colour. Savoury spice notes are accented by perfumed aromas of violets, red cherry, blackberry and ruby grapefruit on the nose. Complex flavours of cherry, root spice, smoke and florals predominate the textural and creamy palate. The finish is long with red fruit and spice drawn out by the fine, silky tannin structure.
Game birds, lamb.
5 years from vintage
Warm, classic, balanced crops.
24.2 average
30 hl/ha
100%
100%
Open top French oak and stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 35% new barrel
Full purple colour. Brooding aromatics of black cherry and musky plum, with liquorice and floral notes. Dark berry fruit, tar, and spice flavours dominate the rich, full palate that has a fine core of central tannin and bright acidity giving a distinctive velvety texture and persistence on the palate.
Game birds, lamb.
5 years from vintage
Moderate temperatures, damp, low cropping.
24.5 average
15 hl/ha
100%
100%
Small French oak cuves
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 45% new barrel
The colour is bold, moving into dusk-purple. The nose is a perfume of violets, black plums and smoked mushroom. Flavours of ripe cherry and black berry fruit flood the mouth, with forest floor and root spices. The palate is elegant and velvety, giving the wine a warming yet clean feel, carrying intense flavours into a seamless, lingering finish.
Game birds, lamb.
7 years from vintage
Cool, damp summer, late dry spell.
24.5 average
31 hl/ha
100%
90%
Small French oak cuves and stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 50% new barrel
The colour is bold, moving into dusk-purple. The nose is a perfume of violets, black plums and smoked mushroom. Flavours of ripe cherry and black berry fruit flood the mouth, with forest floor and root spices. The palate is elegant The wine is a dark black/purple in colour, denser than all but the finest vintage Pinot Noir. Aromatically complex and initially closed, the fine hazelnut aromas of oak and lees grace the intense violet and creamed black-fruit characters. This silky, classic Pinot Noir is full and rich with ripe black-fruit flavours, hints of cola nut and intense forest floor earthy characters. Fine, long tannins add structure to a complete example of the variety.
Game birds, lamb.
7 years from vintage
24.0 average
100%
90%
French oak cuves
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 55% new barrel
The wine is a dark black/purple in colour. Aromatically complex and lifted with intense violet and creamed black-fruit characters. The silky, classic Pinot Noir palate is driven by warm ripe black-cherry and doris-plum flavours, hints of cola nut and intense mushroom.
Game birds, lamb.
7 years from vintage
23.5
15 hl/ha
100%
100%
Open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 55% new barrel
In its youth the wine is a moderate black/purple in colour. On the nose the wine is complex and lifted, with aromas of black cherries, dark plums, aromatic sweet herbs and hints of wet forest, spice and lovely nutty oak. The palate is classic Pinot Noir, with warm ripe cherry and blackberry flavours, hints of root spices and dried herbs and again a lovely hint of fine French oak.
Game birds, lamb.
7 years from vintage
23 average
13 hl/ha
100%
80%
Open top stainless steel tanks
Indigenous
French oak barriques, 50% new barrel
Martinborough
41° 16' 41.3"S
175° 29' 3.7"E
The Te Muna Road Vineyard is located some 7 kilometres outside of the Martinborough township. The vineyard consists of two distinct terraces, the higher comprising very old, stony clay infused soils perfect for Pinot Noir and the lower terrace of younger stony soils interleaved with limestone – providing an excellent environment for Sauvignon Blanc.
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