Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir
Great weight and texture, dense but mouth-coating, with brighter fruit flavours than the nose might suggest: blueberry, blackberry, sloe. Salinity, from significant active lime in the soil, waters the mouth, extending an already obdurate length. Whereas, with vine age, the Angel Flower is adding content to its early charm, the Earth Smoke seems to be marrying fruit succulence to its established, adamantine, soil-sponsored clout.
Mike Weersing, the maker of this wine recently passed away – the wines now under the Aotearoa New Zealand Fine Wine Estates umbrella, and continue to be created with guidance from Steve Smith MW at their North Canterbury base.