Anthem Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021 Magnum

$185.00 NZD

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Vineyard: Anthem Vineyard
Subregion: Gibbston Valley
Region: Central Otago
Vintage: 2021
Soil Type: Schist derived, windblown alluvial loess
Viticulture: Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand Certified (SWNZ)
Manager: Jase Thomson

Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand Certified (SWNZ)

Growing up amid Central Otago’s dramatic slopes, we always imagined a Pinot Noir that spoke with that region’s cool-climate clarity; Anthem Vineyard in Gibbston delivers exactly that. This traditionally cooler subregion delivers a Pinot of luminous clarity: bright morello cherry and wild strawberry sit at the core, lifted by violet perfume and a thread of spicy red berry; beneath this sits a sappy, umami savouriness that adds drive and complexity. Wild fermentation, whole-cluster inclusion and a low-toast oak regime gives elegance, complexity and structure to the wine. It’s everything we adore about Pinot Noir - perfume, savoury complexity and boundless energy and freshness.

Our approach is site-first: pristine fruit, gentle handling and minimal intervention showcases Anthem Vineyard’s precise cool‑climate perfume and savoury spine.

Hand-picked into small trays and brought overnight to Marlborough, this small parcel was vinified with 40% whole clusters tipped into an open-top fermenter and the remainder crushed over the top. A six-day cold soak was followed by natural fermentation and daily hand-plunging. Once dry, the wine was drained and pressed to French oak barriques (35% new) where the wine matured for 11 months and completed natural malolactic conversion.

A further four months on light lees in small tank allowed texture and integration to develop, with the wine gently settling before being bottled unfiltered the winter after harvest to retain purity, energy and vineyard definition.

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Reviews

5 STARS

"Showing distinct Gibbston sub-regional characteristics, the perfumed, elegant, supple 2021 vintage is a single-vineyard red, hand-picked from 21-year-old vines. Matured for 11 months in French oak barriques (35per cent new), it was bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep ruby, it is mouthfilling, vibrant and savoury, with fresh acidity and deep, ripe cherry, plum, spice and herb flavours, that build to a long, harmonious, finely structured finish. A youthful, vigorous, multi-faceted wine, it should break into full stride from 2026 onwards."

- Michael Cooper MA ONZM

95 Points

"OUTSTANDING - The bouquet is both vibrant and pure, a core of plush, ripe red berry fruit scents and flavours are held in place with tannins and acidity showing their own energy and power. As the wine touches the palate the tannins show their muscle first with a savoury dried herb layer yet long in focus and easily absorbed by the fruit flavours. Dark cherry and red currant flavours, some plum and raspberry. The oak delivers complexity and baking spice flavours, a touch of smoke and frames the wine well. Youthful, complex and lengthy with best drinking likely from 2027 through 2037."

- Cameron Douglas MS

95 Points

"Delicately scented wine with an appealing floral lift together with a suggestion of fresh herbs and spices. Complex wine with a silken texture that is a pleasure to taste. Should develop well in the medium term."