Not the Norm
- Regular price
- $35.00
- Sale price
- $35.00
We've intensified our pinot noir through distillation to create Te Tihi (the peak), a delicate, delicious fortified pinot. Offering warm and fruity, spicy, Christmas-cakey flavours.
Vegan friendly.
Review: "The aromas of this wine are rich and expressive, with a complex bouquet of dried fruit, fragrant toasted spices, hints of roasted almonds, and a subtle note of sweet toffee. On the palate, it offers a wonderful sweetness, with a silky, smooth texture that glides effortlessly over the tongue. The finish is long and velvety, lingering pleasantly on the palate. 4.5 stars." Sam Kim - Wine Orbit
Tasting Notes
| Aroma | Delightfully fruity and spicy on the nose, with strawberry, raspberry, aromatic Christmas cake, nutmeg and cinnamon. |
| Palate | Delicate and approachable, showing Christmas cake, cedar, strawberry and spice. |
| Viticulture | While we don't get the very hot weather that many wine regions experience in summer, we have a long growing season and cool nights in Ōhau, which offer ideal conditions for flavour development. Maintaining an open canopy with good fruit exposure ensures full ripeness on the pinot noir fruit. The pinot noir in Te Tihi is from our 2022 vintage - which was a slightly tricky vintage, with cyclonic weather around veraison and unsettled weather through harvest. But the team managed these issues well, and the harvested grapes were varietal and fruity. |
| Winemaking | We fermented the pinot noir and left it on gross lees for two months for malolactic fermentation and another three months on light lees. Distillation then reduced the volume by 30%. |
| Alc/Vol | 20.0% |
$ 35.00per bottle RRP $36.99
Mixed packs
Mix and match from across our range. Your order just needs to be in quantities of 6 or 12 bottles.
Awards
Wine Orbit
91 / 100 points by Sam Kim