Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir

An elegant, complex and fine-boned expression of Marlborough’s soils and Cloudy Bay’s vision.

• This is an incredibly smooth pinot noir with a silky mouthfeel and fresh, ripe fruit flavours
• On the nose it is appealing aromatic leading into notes of strawberry, cherry, chocolate and oak
• Complimenting each other on the palate alongside well-balanced acidity

Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir is very versatility. It matches with a wide variety of foods, including lighter game meats (duck, rabbit), lamb, roasted vegetables, berries, herbs and almost anything chargrilled.

The grapes are de-stemmed and put into open-top fermenters with wild yeast. Some whole bunches are included to build structure. Once the wine is pressed, it’s matured in French oak for 11 months. The final wine is an elegant, complex and fine-boned expression of Marlborough’s soils and Cloudy Bay’s vision.

This pinot noir comes from the cool clay soils and rolling, north-facing slopes of Marlborough’s Southern Valleys region. The aged alluvial gravels and dense clay subsoils balance drainage and water availability to yield the region's best pinot noir grapes. Key blocks include the Mustang, Delta and Barracks vineyards.