Spy Valley Pinot Noir 2010 75cl

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£98.57

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Colour
Red
Vintage
2010
Producer
Spy Valley
Country
NEW ZEALAND
Region
MARLBOROUGH
Alcohol
14.5%
Product code
15SPY2B2010
Availability
In Stock
Grape Variety
100% Pinot Noir

Tasting Notes

Sweet cherry and red fruits are underlined by fragrant notes of incense, mocha and lavender. Fresh fruit supports a crisp and crunch texture, with a long firm finish. Just a touch of the usual licorice note from our vineyard.

Vinification Details.

Seven separate blocks from our own vineyards were hand picked and fermented in 5 and 3 tonne open vats. Fermentation started naturally with 'wild' yeasts, after which the wine was pressed off the skins and aged in oak barrles for 10 months.

Producer Information

Named after the satellite listening post located over the road from the winery, Spy Valley is in the Waihopai Valley in Marlborough. Happily for us they appear more interested in fine wine than exploding cigars, and recent vintages have seen the winery's trophy cabinet filled to bursting. Like most Marlborough wineries, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc are Spy Valley specialties but winemaker Ant Mackenzie and his team also make a great range of aromatic whites including Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris. Their quality was recognised in March 2007 when the winery became the first ever producer to win four trophies in the same year at the Sydney Wine Show.

Regional info.

Spy Valley Wines is situated on the sunny southern side of Marlborough's Wairau Valley. Bryan and Jan Johnson established the first of their 380 acres of estate vineyards in 1993, and were pioneers in what was then a Marlborough sub-region. From the 2000 vintage, wine was produced and sold under the Spy Valley label. The unusual name is derived from the presence of a huge satellite communications monitoring station nearby; hence the nickname Spy Valley!

More information

ageing potential

3-5 years

residual sugar

<2g/l

vegetarians

classification apellation

Marlborough

soil

Shallow and stony soils with overlying sandy loam. Gravel and clay under loess on hillside slopes

wine ph

3.55

makers name

Paul Bourgeois and Kathy-Lee Bird

total acidity

6g/l

organic

vegans