• French oak
• Raspberry
• Violet & dried herb
• Firm tannins

"Youthful, savoury, bright, fruity and varietal with core flavours of plums and raspberries laced with dried herbs and that rugged Otago landscape quality. Complex and dry on the palate, a wine that needs to be allowed to mature and develop. Firm tannins and plenty of acidity with core flavours of red berries and plums, a savoury spice and barrel flavours all add complexity and length. Best drinking from 2026 through 2036. I am keen to try this wine again in late 24 or early 25 to gauge its progress, I’m excited" Cameron Douglas, Master Sommelier, Dec 2023

"Medium-bodied Pinot Noir in a high-energy and quite complex style that promises improvement with bottle age. Bone-dry wine with dark cherry, stemmy, and floral/violet flavours" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Jan 2024

"The 2021 Bannockburn Pinot has an autumnal tone - earthy, smoky and slightly subdued. Best decanted to truly open it up, it has great balance with fine tannins, as well as good length and finesse" Rosie Menzies, Winemaker

The Bannockburn Pinot Noir is Carrick's flagship wine, and the wine that we feel best represents the strong connection we have with our site. Known for its structure and ability to age well over a long period of time, the fruit is hand-picked from a selection of vineyards across the estate, parcels that were 27 years old in 2021. The 2021 growing season was cool to start, with heat spikes around January and a cooler harvest period, the harvest period was longer than normal, as each parcel took it's time to come fully to ripeness.

Comprised of 4 different vineyard parcels, a mix of clones 10/5, 5, 6, and 13, each hand-picked at optimum ripeness, destemmed, then fermented separately. Spending 18-31 days on skins, the wine was pressed, then aged in barrel for 9 months, with 19% new oak. Each barrel was hand-selected then blended together, for a further 6 months maturation in tank before bottling, unfined and coarse filtered.