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

"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.