New Zealand

North Canterbury

Medium

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This has a powerful nose, a little reductive and smoky, with exotic spices and dark fruits – black cherry, five spice, dark cocoa, earth and bay leaf, orange peel – and red fruited highlights. A sweet-fruited supple core, very plush and velvety, and quite four-square structured tannins. Very long and layered, plenty of harmony and confidence. The two flagship Pyramid Valley wines provide such a contrasting pair, it’s hard to believe the closeness of the blocks on this tiny biodynamically-farmed vineyard. Earth Smoke is the 0.8ha east-facing block, on limestone-clay (and a name for the herbaceous poppy Fumaria).&nbsp;

Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Pyramid Valley, Earth Smoke Pinot Noir, North Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand, 2022

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This has a powerful nose, a little reductive and smoky, with exotic spices and dark fruits&nbsp;

Pyramid Valley, Earth Smoke Pinot Noir, North Canterbury, Canterbury, New Zealand 2022

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