New Zealand

Awatere Valley

Medium

Screwcap

Selected from a favoured north-west terrace with clay soils, this is enticingly perfumed with violets, blueberries, red cherries, plums, baking spice and a touch of cranberry. The fine-boned delicate palate has deceptively good density and concentration, with filigree tannins, succulent acidity and good length. This wine really captures the essence and joy of Awatere so well. Vavasour was the founding winery in the Awatere Valley, planting vines in 1986, when it was widely regarded as too cool for grape-growing. ‘Papa’ is its reserve label, named for the blue-grey sandstone beneath the vines.

Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Vavasour, Papa Pinot Noir, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2021

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Selected from a favoured north-west terrace with clay soils, this is enticingly perfumed with violets, blueberries, red cherries

Vavasour, Papa Pinot Noir, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand 2021

75cl

Emma Jenkins MW

Vavasour

Marlborough

Vavasour, Papa Pinot Noir, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, 2021

Still

Vavasour, Papa Pinot Noir, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand 2021

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