GREYWACKE Pinot Noir 2022

Greywacke Pinot Noir comes from one of the most renowned terroirs in the Southern Hemisphere: Marlborough . Crafted by visionary winemaker Kevin Judd , founder of Greywacke and former winemaker at Cloudy Bay, this Pinot Noir is sourced from carefully selected plots in the cool, sun-drenched valleys of the Southern Clays , south of Marlborough. The unique greywacke soil (a hard, ancient sedimentary rock) gives the wine a subtle minerality and beautiful structure.

The artisanal winemaking process emphasizes the purity of the fruit: the grapes are harvested by hand, fermented in open vats with gentle punching down, then aged for 11 months in French oak barrels , about a third of which are new. The result is a wine of great finesse, with an intense and nuanced aromatic profile.

On the palate, this wine seduces with its aromas of black cherry, ripe raspberry, sweet spices, graphite, black tea, undergrowth and smoky notes . On the palate, it offers a silky texture, supple tannins, controlled freshness and a long finish with accents of plum, cloves and truffle .

Introduced in 1819, vine growing was greatly developed by Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, a French Marist missionary. Sent to Oceania in 1837, he settled there from January 1838 onwards to develop New Zealand's vineyards. The first quality vineyards were established in the Hawke's Bay region in the 19th and early 20th centuries. After setbacks caused first by phylloxera and then by the First World War, the vineyards began to expand again during the Second World War, when their area doubled.



Today, New Zealand has 10 main wine regions spread across the North and South Islands, the largest of which is Marlborough. Most of New Zealand's wine regions have a maritime climate. The country's long, narrow shape means that vineyards are never more than 120 km from the coast, and most are much closer than that (with the exception of the semi-continental Central Otago region). A spine of mountains running down the centre of the country shields most of the main wine regions from the strong westerly winds off the Tasman Sea known as the "Roaring Forties". Because of these winds, there are few wine regions on New Zealand's west coast.



The quality and reputation of New Zealand wines are well established. Indeed, the country produces some of the best and most renowned Sauvignon Blanc in the world. And it is no coincidence that New Zealand has made Sauvignon Blanc its emblem, just like its sheep, its kiwis and its legendary haka!