Massey Dacta Pinot Noir Marlborough, 2021

Tasted as a tank sample, the 2021 has a good intensity with red cherries and peony aromas. It is medium bodied with a smooth, supple palate and soft tannins finishing with nice red fruit flavours. A mix of Pinot clones were grown in the Omaka Valley in the Southern Valleys subregion of Marlborough with 90% of grapes from Settlement Vineyard planted on northwest facing slopes of clay and silt loam. Ten percent came from Kennedys Road Vineyard which sits beneath the slopes on the valley floor and has higher clay content. Grapes were handpicked a week earlier than normal.