Marlborough Pinot Noir

MARLBOROUGH PINOT NOIR LLA MARIA Vatitude 4131 shine Rainfall 2448 398 Maori refer to Annua mm WHoor Ot- Ap Marlborough as "Kei puta te Wairau" MARLBOROUGH Heat "The place with the hole in the cloud". Height 31m 1127 Above Sea Oct AP Spring O REGIONAL STYLES Wairau Valley Renwick WoodbourneO BLENHEIM * Fine tannins, elegant structure Riverlands * Soft and seductive with perceived sweetness on palate Southern Clays The southern valleys tend to produce fuller bodied wines Wither HilIS Wairau Valley Awatere Valley Awatere Valley Vs. Taylors Pass 1. Warmer 1. Cooler Seddon 2. Drier, less fertile soils 2. Fertile silt soils 3. Gentle north facing slopes 3. Lower rainfall ZEALAND LINEAR STRUCTURE REVIEWS Central Otago + Nelson Bob Campbell Gourmet Traveller Wine '100 Top New Release Wines' (Oct/Nov 2012) Waipara RED DARK 96 points, 5 stars - 2010 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Southern Clays Pinot Noir FRUIT FRUIT Marlborough 94 points, 5 stars - 2010 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Seddon Vineyard Pinot Noir Martinborough 93 points, 5 stars - 2010 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Vineyard Pinot Noir DENSITY & FULLNESS SOIL: Silty loam over gravels to deep, stony gravels. CLONES: 667, clone 5 SOIL: Free draining sandy silt loams with underlying clay papa base. CLONES: 667, 777, 5,115 SOIL: Tight clay and loam soils. CLONES: 113, Abel Red Fruit Perfumed Powerful Complex Silky Perfumed Velvety Stylish Elegant TAYLORS PASS SEDDON SOUTHERN CLAYS Awatere Valley Awatere Valley Wairau Valley * 100% Hand Harvested * 100% Destemmed 20-25 Days on Skins 25-30% New French Oak A 12-16 months: Time in Oak 11- Pair with... Aubergine Parmigiana | Wild Boar Backstraps Slow Grilled Duck Breast Cellaring Serving 15 c 60-F UP TO 10 YRS "Talking of Burgundy, I reckon New Zealand is beginning to challenge for the number one spot" Tim Atkin MW, Off Licence News VILLA MARIA www.villamaria.co.nz