Tarras The Canyon Pinot Noir 2021

The fruit for the team’s flagship Pinot Noir is sourced exclusively from a single vineyard, The Canyon Vineyard, at Bendigo in Central Otago. The wine is only made when conditions offer fruit of sufficient quality. Maturation is in French oak, with around 1/3rd of that new. This is a classic Central Otago Pinot. The complexity here is immediately apparent. The colour is a deep crimson with a ruby rim. On the nose, we have notes of truffles, wild raspberries, kirsch, leather, tobacco leaves and black cherries. Even a light dusting of cocoa powder. Seamless in structure with very good length, this is powerful and focused, finishing with fine powdery tannins. It will provide pleasure for at least a decade.