The “Insight” wine line comes from a single vineyard in the unique Waihopai Valley, in Marlborough, New Zealand, owned by independent family owned company Vinultra with talented winemaker Evelyn Fraser at the helm. Using 100% sustainable viticulture techniques, and thanks to Mother Nature - the exceptional combination of soil, topography, water content, sunlight and temperature, premium wines are created that are intensely aromatic and full of flavor, a full sensory experience that then is detailed on each bottle's highly informative label. 

With Pinot Noir it’s about intensity so the crop is shoot thinned early in the season, followed by a green thin at veraison – by hand for precision. The use of both machine and hand plucking gave the fruit good exposure to take advantage of autumn heat and ripen phenolics. Fruit was hand harvested over nine days with seven passes through the vineyard.

In the winery, the fruit was 95% de-stemmed into stainless steel open top fermenters and cold soaked for several days before the ferments started with naturally occurring yeast. During ferment each batch was plunged three times daily to gently extract tannin and colour. Once dry, each batch was held at 20°C for a post ferment maceration before pressed off and transferred to French Oak for 11-months of maturation. Final analysis shows an alcohol of 13.5%, pH of 3.55, TA of 5.93 g/l and a residual sugar of less than 1 gram.

A degree or two cooler than room temperature.

Silky, supple, juicy, moreish. Please may I have some more…?

Food Heaven

Lamb, lamb, lamb and lamb (try our Warm Lamb Salad). Or, if you like to forage, wild mushrooms (try our Mushroom and Spinach Tart). Matches well with dishes with fresh thyme. Or try with Risotto, or Duck, perhaps seasoned with Five-Spice.  Delicious with Pheasant or Quail too.  This food matching list for Pinot Noir is endless!