"Excellent weight, wonderfully supported by silky mouthfeel & polished tannins" Wine Orbit
"Beautifully balanced & harmonious with seductive complexity" Wine Orbit
Perfect with seared venison medallions or scotch fillet
Gardo & Morris Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014
Gardo & Morris Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014
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Awarded 94/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2019
Description
- Smoky oak
- Dark cherry
- Toasted almonds
- Ripe blackberries
"Complex and engaging, the gorgeously expressed bouquet shows dark cherry, plum, warm spice, dark mushroom and toasted nut characters with a hint of dried herb notes. The palate delivers excellent weight and roundness, wonderfully supported by silky mouthfeel and polished tannins. Beautifully balanced and harmonious with seductive complexity" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2019
"Creating our wines with minimal vineyard sprays and additives is very important to us as it helps us produce pure clean wines and has the added benefit of sustaining a healthy environment" Winemaker
Ripe blackberries, dark plums, raspberries, dark cherries & bitter chocolate combine with the delicate perfume of dried herbs ,smoky oak and almonds creating a wine of great depth & concentration.
This Central Otago Pinot Noir is hand picked from several vineyards in the Cromwell basin of Central Otago. Low yields of around 3-4 ton / acre and a dry Summer created perfect ripening conditions, March and April were dry and warm, and the low yielding crop ripened to optimum maturity, the berries were very small and concentrated this year giving extra concentration to the wine.
Hand picked fruit in the cool of morning the grapes are gently crushed into small open top fermenters, after up to one week cold maceration natural yeast fermentation took place with regular hand plunging. After 4-5 weeks on skins the wine was gently run off by gravity and the skins were gently pressed. The wine then underwent maturation in 228L French barriques in the traditional burgundy style. Full malolactic fermentation in barrique has softened the acidity and added complexity. The wine is aged in barrique for approx. 18 months & it was bottled unfiltered.
Gardo Morris is a small family-run boutique New Zealand Winery. Their aim is to create exceptional single vineyard wines from New Zealand’s finest winegrowing regions. They believe that by working with small vineyard areas they are able to pick the very best fruit and with gentle treatment in the winery turn this into unique handcrafted wines.
Food Pairing: Best to be served around 14 - 16°C perfect accompanied with wild game dishes such as venison, but this is an all round wine that will compliment any well prepared meat from duck to beef.
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Smooth drop, lots of comments from the friends sharing the bottle.
David - 28/04/2021
Great service and value for money
IAN - 15/01/2021
Great wine great value
Don - 05/11/2020
Really good value for money. About to order my next dozen.
Bronwyn - 16/10/2020
Very nice - about to order some more
Stuart - 18/09/2020
Just ordered our second dozen
Heather - 08/09/2020
value for money - a full bodied PN. A most enjoyable wine
Alistair - 23/08/2020
Great value for money
Russell - 14/08/2020
Great value for money. Really nice flavors. Would certainly buy again.
Kat - 01/08/2020
This is so lovely I have ordered 2 more cases.
Nell - 31/07/2020
Loved it! Great Pinot
Blair - 19/07/2020
Superb Pinot. Just ordered another dozen.
Neil - 02/07/2020
Excellent
Andrew - 02/07/2020
Awesome deep full blooded Pinot
Luke - 31/05/2020
very good with chocolate flavours . Good fruit and well made
Peter - 01/05/2020
Don't normally drink the whole bottle at once. Found it easy with this ,but will put some into storage>
John - 28/04/2020
OoooLALA. Lovely Pinot.
Alecia - 27/04/2020
Another cracker.
Chris - 26/04/2020
Delicious especially with a great dinner ?? beautiful well rounded wine
Margaret - 13/04/2020
Ticks all the boxes for me. Beautiful smooth texture and amazing as a pre-dinner drink on its own. It enhances any meal.
Charlie - 28/03/2020
Feel like its just passing its peak but still great value at the price point
Anthony - 05/08/2021
Another favourite
Noeline - 04/08/2021
Good value
Hugh - 04/07/2021
I see that there are few negative comments about this wine, however, I found it perfectly acceptable.
Steve - 03/06/2021
This wine was lovely, full of flavor and great drinking now
Fiona - 20/05/2021
Very smooth across the palate and I will be seeking more.
Peter - 20/04/2021
We thoroughly enjoyed this wine, and have just bought a FURTHER 6 bottles. Beautiful with a great steak,!!
Carol - 14/03/2021
Very nice tasting Pinot value for the money
Brett - 20/02/2021
Dark plum and cherry, plenty of substance and dark colours for a Pinot. Ready to drink now which is an added bonus. Got better and better each day after decanter for several hours and vacuum cork at night. So not an 'old' Pinot that needs to be drunk quickly. 4.2
Rhys - 15/01/2021
Good wine and good value for money. Already thinking of ordering another case.
Goutham - 16/12/2020
Good value central Otago pinot noir with some age in the bottle!
Derek - 05/12/2020
Interesting dense, tannic wine. I wouldn't pick it as Central, probably not even NZ. More like Pommard. Needs food.
Rob - 26/10/2020
Lovely wine. Would buy again
Alan - 18/08/2020
A good private label Otago P Noir with good bottle age
Rob - 24/07/2020
Nice full bodied Pinot Noir.
David - 06/07/2020
Another Black market wine punching above the invoiced price, definitely worth grabbing a dozen ??
Kevin - 27/05/2020
Excellent
John - 07/04/2020
A really good, bigger style Central Otago for the money, with some age under its belt. Will buy some more!
Mark - 03/04/2020
Silky smooth
John - 31/03/2020
This is a lovely pinot noir, not exceptional but very acceptable and a long way ahead of (though only $1/bottle more expensive) the Akarua 'Rua' which I bought at the same time. Nice dark colour and good on the nose and tongue.
John - 05/06/2021
Pleasant wine. Easy to drink.
Wendy - 01/04/2021
I consider Central Otago the NZ premium Pinot Noir growing region. Consequently I expect to pay a little more. I bought this wine for Xmas, I thought it would be something special based on the reviews. I am left totally underwhelmed. Not smooth as some reviews state, definitely NOT a $23 wine, I would place it in the $12 bracket and even at this price there is better quality around. A 2014 vintage, I'm left surmising it hasn't sold well.
Ian - 13/12/2020
Couldn’t open the plastic screw cap. Had to use knife and other tools to get the top off. Very disappointed plastic being used. Unsure what todo with the remaining wine. Thanks Margot
Margot - 21/09/2020
We live near Gibbston in Central Otago and never heard of this winery before. We ordered this wine to give it a go and definitely won't be ordering again. It's not that bad but not what we expected from a local pinot noir, especially a 2014 vintage.
Letti - 08/08/2020
Good pinot noir for the price
Paul - 19/07/2020
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