2021 Corofin Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir

96 POINTS

Jamie Goode - Wine Anorak

“This is beautifully perfumed with supple, fine, floral red cherry fruit as well as some dried herbs and fine green hints. The palate is concentrated but very fine and silky with a slight peppery hint to the sleek, liqueur-like red cherry and redcurrant fruit, showing amazing finesse. So textural, but there’s a bit of structure lurking under the finely infused fruit. Such a beautiful expression of Marlborough Pinot Noir.” 96 points, Jamie Goode, wineanorak.com

95 POINTS

Stephen Wong - The Real Review

“Bright crimson. A pretty nose with delicate sweet and savoury fruit aromas, florals and hints of cool minerals. Bony, etched tannins which build towards the back, balanced by saline-tinged acidity. Powdery-sweet primary fruit with red currants and red berries on an elegantly structured palate with good delineation and definition. Light-bodied, mid-weight flavours of icing sugar and strawberry follow through to the finely detailed and long finish. Pretty and refined. Modern and thoughtfully constructed without being overdone, this should age gracefully by virtue of its balance.” 95 points, Stephen Wong, The Real Review

95 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

A new label design for this wine, and I’ll update that when it turns up. It’s kind of hard to choose whether I like the vineyard blend Corofin in 2021, or this single vineyard offering (though I reckon I like drinking the vineyard blend a little more as at now). They are both outstanding. And gee, this producer manages tannin so well. Cherry, strawberry, rosy perfume, with gravelly/earthy bass notes, plus some biscuit spices. It’s medium-bodied, deep and full in flavour, with a rich seam of pumice stone tannin, some blood orange and amaro tang to acidity, cherry pip and raspberry, with a stony and firm finish of excellent length. So good. At the top of the NZ Pinot tree for me. Outstanding.

95 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

"Cherry, strawberry, rosy perfume, with gravelly/earthy bass notes, plus some biscuit spices. It’s medium-bodied, deep and full in flavour, with a rich seam of pumice stone tannin, some blood orange and amaro tang to acidity, cherry pip and raspberry, with a stony and firm finish of excellent length. So good. At the top of the NZ Pinot tree for me. Outstanding" Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

90 POINTS

Rebecca Gibb MW - Vinous

The 2021 Pinot Noir Settlement Vineyard is pure, offering sweetness of strawberry fruit, yet it has a savory element to counteract the ripeness. There's a sense of flesh without becoming generous. It is fully destemmed with palate-coating tannins but a little more line and direction provide a longer finish.

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The Settlement vineyard is a beautiful place. Rolling hills and a multitude of aspects within make it a diverse and exciting place to source from; most of the wines I have tasted from there have been exciting and very much "of the place." Here, the 2021 Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir leads with garden roses, cherries, strawberries and a hint of bay leaf and star anise. In the mouth, the acidity is firm and a little tart, with plenty of zing and pace through the finish. The fruit is lovely and leans toward apples and just-ripe cherries. This is a pretty wine. 13% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.