This wine originates from a climatic and geological sweet spot in Bendigo, 320m above sea level.
Description:
The wine possesses a sure structure that unfurls in time, underpinning a lovely display of red fruit.
Technical Analysis:
ALCOHOL: 13.50%
VINEYARD: China Terrace, Bendigo
VARIETY: Pinot Noir
Cellaring:
Beautiful drinking for the next 5 years, and will cellar for 10.
Accolades
95/100 Bob Campbell -
From a gently sloping, high-altitude Bendigo vineyard. Ripe, intense, pinot noir with plum, red cherry, dried herb, subtle red rose petal and smoky oak flavours. A stylish complex wine with cellaring potential.
95 Points Outstanding - Cam Douglas -
Complex, varietal, fruity and alluring scents of dark cherry and dried raspberry, dark red apple skin and baking spices of oak. There’s a mineral layer with scents of stones and silty loess. On the palate - equally complex and concentrated with vibrant and precise flavours of red berries, plums and baking spices reflecting the bouquet. Toasty new barrel layers, medium+ acidity and firm tannins provide for texture and foundation. Well made, youthful and ready to enjoy from 2021 through 2029+.
Gold - New Zealand Organic Wine Awards 2021
90/100 Joe Czerwinski - Wine Advocate
From a vineyard in the Bendigo subregion, GV's 2019 China Terrace Pinot Noir features scents of crushed stone, pencil shavings and plummy fruit. Medium to full-bodied, muscular in style and finishing with plenty of dusty tannins, this is one to cellar for a few years.