Cloudbreak Vineyards · Central Otago
Basalt Ridge Pinot Noir
2020
Dark cherry, wild thyme and cold stone; silken mid-palate, alpine acidity, and a savoury, whole-cluster spice on the finish.
€210
The Story
A bottle with a past
The world's southernmost fine-wine region, where vines grow against schist and snowline. Cloudbreak farms a single basalt ridge biodynamically, and the 2020 was picked entirely under headlamps in the cold hours before dawn.
“Pinot here tastes of thyme and distance. We try not to get in the way.”
The winemaker, Cloudbreak Vineyards
Aroma Profile
What rises from the glass
Dark cherry8/10
Wild thyme7/10
Cold stone6/10
Rosehip5/10
Clove4/10
At the Table
- — Duck breast with cherry
- — Mushroom risotto
- — Seared venison
Vintage & Cellar
A cool, luminous vintage — small berries, intense perfume.
12–14°C; at its most eloquent between years four and twelve.
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Central Otago
- Country
- New Zealand
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Production
- 8,900 bottles
- Drinking window
- 2024 – 2036
- Serving
- 14–16°C
- Collector grade
- Cellar Reserve
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