To add more products to your cart you must first abandon your PayPal Express Checkout. You will be able to commence a new PayPal Express Checkout and re-verify when you are ready. Would you like to Abandon & Add to Cart (and abandon PayPal Express Checkout) or Checkout?
Buy Now orders cannot be placed without a valid Australian shipping address.
To view similar items click here.
A scented bouquet of red and dark cherries, black plum and spice notes. This
wine is concentrated and rich displaying long layers of flavour, subtle wild
thyme notes, integrated acidity and fine grainy tannins.
Aroma
A scented bouquet of red and dark cherries, black plum and spice notes.
Palate
This wine is concentrated and rich displaying long layers of flavour, subtle wild thyme notes, integrated acidity and fine grainy tannins. An elegant Pinot Noir, exhibiting finesse and complexity with underlying structure and a silky texture.
Cellaring Potential
This wine can be enjoyed now but with careful cellaring will continue to develop for another five to eight years.
Food Matching
Red and white meats including lamb, duck and wild game.
Vintage Condition
The 2009 vintage was characterised by intermittent rain through the spring and early summer which facilitated excellent vine vitality. An exceptionally dry sunny harvest period optimised flavour potential and concentration.
Winemaking Note
Small parcels of selected Pinot Noir clones were individually hand harvested, destemmed and cold soaked for a period of up to ten days. A mix of both indigenous and cultured yeasts were employed to carry out primary alcoholic fermentation where the cap was hand plunged four times daily to ensure soft extraction of the fruit. Temperatures during this period peaked at 32oC to intensify the flavour, colour and mouthfeel. Each batch was pressed to French barriques and rested on full lees over winter until spring when malolactic fermentation occurred before being blended and stabilised in late February.
Founded in 1961 by current owner and Managing Director, George Fistonich, Villa Maria is a privately owned winery.
Villa Maria produces New Zealand's most awarded wines and has achieved acclaim, both nationally and internationally since the early 1980's. This outstanding achievement is due to an uncompromising commitment and dedication to quality at all stages of the grape growing and winemaking processes.
Villa Maria sources grapes from each of New Zealand's premium grape growing regions: Marlborough, Hawkes Bay, Gisborne and produces wines in two state of the art wineries situated in Marlborough and Auckland. Villa Maria was the first major wine company in New Zealand to seal their wines with screwcaps, ensuring their wine reaches the consumer just as the winemaker intended.
Trophy for Champion Producer, 2008 Liquorland Top 100 International Wine Competition (New Zealand)
Be the first to receive upcoming auctions,
hot deals & more
Privacy Statement and Consent: By providing your email address, you consent to us sending you our newsletters as well as promotional material, updates and further information about our products and services. Our Privacy Policy contains information about how you can access and correct your personal information, how to make a complaint, and how we deal with complaints.
Liquor licence LIQP770010049
It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of, a person under the age of 18 years.
© Copyright 2015 - 2018 GraysWine. All rights reserved.
Liquor licence LIQP770010049
It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of, a person under the age of 18 years.
© 2015 to 2018 GraysWine - All rights reserved.