Huia Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008

A Huia red wine

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Our price £15.45 (inc VAT)

The wine is available as a single in any mixed case of 6.

10 bottles of this product are available for next day delivery

Country	New Zealand
Region	Marlborough
Grape	Pinot Noir

Volume	75cl
Style	Rich and spicy
ABV	14.0%

In the hectic 'make 'em, bottle 'em, open 'em and drink 'em' world of wine, it's a pleasure to come across a producer whose wines demand some proper thought and contemplation. Huia is one such winery. Owned by Mike and Claire Allan, who's CVs read like a roll call of Kiwi wine's biggest names, this Marlborough operation is making small quantities of really profound, delicious wine. The Pinot Noir is sourced from the estae's two Pinot Noir vineyards. The Huia vineyard Pinot Noir, planted in 1995, is grown on river-run shingle to very stony alluvial silts on the Rapaura sub region. The remainder of the Pinot Noir is grown on the upper terraces of the Brancott Valley in free draining clay loam and stone soils. Once de-stemmed and crushed into tank for ferment, the grapes soak in their own juice. After five days or so the must is inoculated with wine yeast for fermentation. Once racked and pressed off grape skins the wine matures in French oak for eleven months before being bottled. On the nose the wine shows spice, violets, vanilla and dark cherry. The palate is rich with ripe berry and dark cherry with hints of smoke, spice and savoury notes. The French oak imparts a gentle vanilla pod flavour and the silky but firm grape tannins are well integrated. The wine has great balance, length and structure and will age well.

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