Rapaura Springs Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 750ml

Rapaura Springs Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 750ml Expertly crafted from our favourite vineyards our Reserve wines have impressive flavour concentration and palate weight Adorning every label on every bottle of Rapaura Springs wine is a simple symbol a circle of rocks that signify the pure spring in our home vineyard in the heart of Marlborough New Zealand Our label and our name represent our intimate connection to the pristine waters that collect high in the Southern Alps and are gradually filtered beneath the regions braided rivers refreshing the deep underground aquifers that feed our vines and bubble up in our own Rapaura Springs TASTING NOTES This velvetsoft wine is full of delicious red berry cherry and plum fruit characters Spicy oak and silky tannins underpin the fruit flavours combining for an elegant lingering finish WINEMAKING NOTES Fruit for our 2020 Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir is from a selection of premium Pinot Noir vineyard sites throughout Marlborough Perfect weather over flowering in the spring of 2019 produced unprecedented berry numbers Fortunately the driest summer on record then suppressed the berry growth By harvest time berry size was small to moderate which has given the wines substantial structure and concentration Late summer brought Marlboroughs trademark cooler nights which are so important to our aromatic qualities and retention of acidity Alc 135