Peregrine Pinot Noir

Notes - Peregrine Wines is located amongst the rugged mountains and lakes of Queenstown, Central Otago, in New Zealand’s South Island. The region is the closest they have in New Zealand to a continental climate. Peregrine's prime focus is on growing premium Pinot Noir and white varieties from their estate managed vineyards. These are all meticulously hand-tended and farmed under a sustainable philosophy. Peregrine has its vineyards in the two top regions of the area, Gibbston and Cromwell. These areas typically produce intensely flavoured wines of finesse and elegance with the predominantly schist soils adding mineral complexity. From modest beginnings in 1998, the label has grown from a ‘virtual’ operation to a modern winery containing lots of stainless steel, oak barriques and diligent (sometimes sleep deprived) employees. The winemaking approach, however, has always been along traditional lines with minimal intervention to let the unique fruit flavours of Central Otago do the talking. The fruit for this wine came from the Cromwell basin (80%) and the Gibbston Valley (20%) The 2006 growing season provided the perfect growing conditions for premium Pinot Noir resulting in Pergrine's our earliest harvest to date. The wine was pressed to French oak barrels (35% new) where it spent 10 months. The wine will be racked from barrel and lightly filtered before being bottled. The 2006 Peregrine Pinot Noir has great depth of colour. The nose has mocha, fresh fruit and spice while the palate overflows with dark fruits such as plums and cherries, spice and ample tannin to match the fruit and insure the wine will last for years to come.
 
     

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