2020 Corofin Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir

A subtle, elegant biodynamic Marlborough Pinot Noir, that caresses rather than bludgeons.

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Corofin love to make wines that tell a story about Marlborough; they set out to make wines that reflect the passion and dedication of the grape growers in the vineyards, maintaining the integrity and uniqueness of fruit from each site.

The organically certified Settlement Vineyard is located just south of Marlborough's Wairau Plains. The fruit for this cuvee is picked first, giving it a red-fruited and youthful radiance.

It's a beautiful, smooth wine - seductively silky and delicate, it's a winner.

94 Points - "Raspberry, spiced strawberry, rosemary and chamomile, a light dusting of pepper. It’s medium-bodied, fine, bright and packed with fresh red fruits, fine crushed rock tannin and a sort of dusty feel to it, cinch of orange peel gives it a subtle amaro bite, and the finish is cool and long, with something of a volcanic character (like Etna) though don’t mind me. Delightful, fine-boned. individual and charismatic. So excellent. I love it." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Dog Point's 18-year-old Settlement Vineyard is located in the Omaka Valley, to the south of Marlborough's Wairau Plains. This organically certified site is managed by Dog Point's gun viticulturist, Nigel Sowman. Picked first, Settlement is typically the most red-fruited and youthfully radiant of the Corofin Pinot Noir trio, although it has plenty of intensity.
Whole berries were placed in a sealed tank for five days at ambient temperature. Fermentation lasted a further seven days before the wine was transferred to seasoned French oak. So, just 12 days on skins all-up. Bottled unfined and unfiltered after 13 months in barrel and a further seven months in tank. A fascinating contrast to the Wrekin Vineyard Pinot, this has a gentler feel, and offers gorgeous aromas of pure red berry fruit, cinnamon spice, rose petals and a lick of forest floor. The mouthfeel is as smooth as silk, relying as much on its fine thread of acidity as its delicate web of tannin. It finishes long and lithe with an orange-like twist on the finish. Pretty as a peach

Region: Marlborough, NZ
Blend: Pinot Noir (100%)
ABV: 13%
Closure: 750ml
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Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country New Zealand
Region Marlborough
Feature Biodynamic
Organic
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 94
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2020
Closure Cork

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