Akitu A2 Pinot Noir 2021 (Case 6 x 75cl)
Case price equivalent to £29 per bottle
Akitu A2 Pinot Noir
Region: Central Otago, New Zealand
Vintage: 2021
Bottle size: 6 x 75cl
Grape: Pinot Noir
ABV: 13%
On the nose there is this lovely, hospitable open sensation with lifted wild strawberry growing amongst woody herbs. The fruit is very pretty and beautifully perfumed, deep set but subtle strawberry and Rainier cherry with a whiff of earthy bouquet garni and clean wet rocks. Plush and soft, very generous texture with an underlying depth of fruit. Generous red cherry fruits with some floral musk and rosewater. Luscious and very succulent. Long and soft with a mineral freshness through to the finish.
The vineyard is entirely dedicated to Pinot Noir, block planted in 6 sections on 250-million-year-old schist soils. 35% of the fruit was whole bunch pressed with the balance pressed as whole berry. Ageing took place in French oak, 7% of which was new.
Akitu was established in 2001 in the heart of Central Otago’s Upper Clutha basin. Their 12 hectare vineyard sits alone at 380m above sea level on a stunning north facing slope just minutes from Lake Wanaka. Founder Andrew Donaldson, a native to Central Otago and a Pinot Noir specialist, had long believed in the region’s ability to produce exceptional world class Pinot Noir and when the opportunity arose to purchase the Mount Barker site, he did so with this in mind.
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