Greenhough Stone's Throw Nelson Pinot Noir 2019

Greenhough Stone's Throw Nelson Pinot Noir 2019French oak Summer berries Earthy herbs Chalky minerality "Delicately scented pinot noir with a charming fruity, floral lift. Moderately weighty on the palate with floral, red rose, dark cherry, plum and a suggestion of anise and spice. Bright acidity and peppery tannins add a little energy. Very good value at this price" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Feb 2021 Attractively aromatic. Summer berry fruits, citrusy, floral notes and a lightly

• French oak
• Summer berries
• Earthy herbs
• Chalky minerality

"Delicately-scented pinot noir with a charming fruity, floral lift. Moderately weighty on the palate with floral, red rose, dark cherry, plum and a suggestion of anise and spice. Bright acidity and peppery tannins add a little energy. Very good value at this price" Bob Campbell, Master of Wine, Real Review, Feb 2021

Attractively aromatic. Summer berry-fruits, citrusy, floral notes and a lightly spiced, herbal fragrance. Suggestive of the outdoors. Earth, mushroom notes evolve as the wine opens in the glass. The palate is vibrant and brightly red-fruited with a light spicy savouriness and supple structure of well-bound tannins. There is a depth in the exotic guava and quince which have a secondary, preserve-like richness. A refreshing plum-skin tanginess and chalky, minerality balances these ripper flavours.

A combination of machine and hand harvested fruit from the Home and Morison Vineyards, both certified organic. The composition of this wine is weighted towards the Dijon 667, 777, 115 and 114 clones which generally provide an attractive fragrance and vibrant, red-fruited elegance. Average vine age for this blend is 17 years.

Spring was mild to cool on the temperature range. These conditions persisted deep enough into the season to affect flowering, resulting in lighter than average yields at harvest. Rainfall during spring was well above normal. Summer months were slightly cooler than the historical average but dry enough that water restrictions were imposed by late February. Cyclone Debbie (early March) brought unseasonal rainfall and ended the dry period. The cooler season with lighter crop load meant that fruit ripened more gradually with harvest beginning about a week later than in recent years. All fruit was harvested prior to the onset of the second cyclone, Cook, in mid-April. What was looking to be a prolonged harvest was in the end compressed and like 2016 logistically challenging. Fifteen months beyond the harvest, these wines look vibrant, aromatically expressive and elegantly balanced – reds and whites alike. This is a very good vintage with lower alcohol strengths

Winemaking is very similar to that of the Hope Vineyard Pinot though there is less time on skins for some batches with a view to preserving fruit focus and moderating extraction of tannins. Similarly the level of both new and one year old oak is carefully managed so that it plays a subtle, supportive role.  It is important to us that the style of this wine is neither over-ripe nor overly structured.  Together with its brambly, red-fruited freshness, the wine has a lightness and poise. This characteristic signature is present here in spite of the added level of ripeness and vigour that the excellent 2017 vintage has provided.