Aroha Pinot Noir, Craggy Range 2013

Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2013 Aroha Pinot Noir has a great core of black cherry and black raspberry notes with touches of rose petals, milk chocolate and cinnamon. Light to medium-bodied with delicate red berry and earth flavors, it has very fine tannins and balanced acid, finishing long.

Yield 29 hl/ha, 40% whole bunch, wild yeast, aged 11 months in French oak, 32% new, 13.4% alcohol. Fine and fresh with sweet, spicy blackberry, fine herb and cinnamon on the nose. Detailed with just a hint of undergrowth. Silky but structured palate with fine plums, red cherries, blackberries and spice. Nice structural detail here with some non-fruit complexity. This will develop into a warm, spicy maturity, I reckon.