Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2022 poggerino A cool and wet spring

A cool and wet spring delayed budburst and flowering and consequently we had a later start to harvest in early March

Balnaves have used Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to make this modern sparkling red

structured fare

and a slight toasty note follows

The fruit is in the fresh white pear spectrum with perhaps some citric elements

Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2022 poggerino A cool and wet springThis wine brings together three vineyards in North Canterbury: Three Sisters on Mackenzies Road in Waipara, planted on Rangitata gravels; the Porters family vineyard on Mackenzies Road in Waipara, planted in 2004 on Domett Clay soils on an east facing slope; and the Springs vineyard planted in the early 1980s on Omihi clay soils. The grapes were picked by hand and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open top fermenters, with 20% whole bunches