RAPAURA PINOT NOIR

This single vineyard wine is a great expression of a rich and powerful Pinot Noir evolved from the stones it’s grown on.

Varietal	Pinot Noir
Country	New Zealand
Region	Marlborough
Volume	750ml
Enclosure	Screw Cap
Alc/Vol	13%
Peak Drinking	0 – 6 Years

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This single vineyard range takes the best elements of Stoneleigh and adds in a number of extra dimensions resulting in refined, premium quality wines with more complexity which deliver the most intense expression of Marlborough. This range takes its name from the distinctive stony soils on which the Stoneleigh vineyards are located.

Aroma & Palate

The wine shows layers with initial perfumed vanilla notes that opens to have Black Doris plum and vibrant blackberry notes. Toasty oak also features. The palate is savoury, rich and warm and inviting with perfumed dark brooding fruit, blackberry and black doris plum flavours, with finely integrated charry oak. Layers of complexity coupled with finely textured silky tannins round off the palate.

Food Matching

With its distinctive dark berry fruit characters and sophisticated palate weight, this wine is the perfect match for flame grilled rib-eye steak served with a redcurrant jus, or a seared venison loin with wild mushroom risotto.

WINEMAKING DETAILS

The grapes were hand-harvested in small batches during the month of March once the flavour potential was maximised. The grapes were destemmed into small fermenters and cold soaked for up to five days. Fermentation was carried out using all Natural or “Wild” yeast. The wine was drained to fine grained oak and matured for ten months. Malolactic fermentation was carried out in barrel. The winemaker then blended the clonal material, different coopers, oak ages and forests to achieve the Single Vineyard Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Pinot Noir style.