2013 Hunky Dory Pinot Noir

Hunky Dory

New Zealand / Marlborough / Hunky Dory

Winemaking:
A sunny and warm growing season ripened the grapes and these were hand‐picked. The grapes were destemmed to tank for fermentation. Once the wine is racked off, its lees, spending eight months in French oak barrels before being blended and bottled.
Tasting Note:
The bouquet is expressed with dark plum and cherry, spice and some vanilla. The palate has rich dark cherry and berry fruit flavours with some savoury and spice notes. The vanilla pod from the French oak melds well with the grape tannins and the wine is very drinkable.

January, 2014

Raymond Chan

Raymond Chan Wine Reviews

17+/20

Fruit from the ‘Strawlodge’ and ‘Anduhlane’ sites in the Upper Wairau Valley and the ‘Tobermore’ vineyard in the Rapaura district, hand-picked, destemmed and fermented to 13.0% alc., the wine aged 8 months in French oak. Moderately deep, dark ruby-red colour with youthful purple hues, lighter on rim. The bouquet is bold with fresh, primary, bright, dark raspberry fruit aromas with underlying dark herb elements and a little reduction. The aromatics grow in volume, unfolding ripe raspberry liqueur notes in the glass. Medium-bodied, this has a full, up-front flavoured palate of dark raspberry fruit intermixed with herbs and earthy reduction. The wine is open and mouthfilling with good depth, and the mouthfeel is lush and juicy from fresh and youthful acidity. Supple, but grainy tannins lie under the fruit and lead the palate to a dry, textured finish showing some earthy reduction. This is a full, up-front raspberry fruited Pinot Noir with a supple mouthfeel. Serve with pasta, poultry and barbecued food over the next 3-4 years.

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About Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is produced by the Allan family based on the stony Rapaura area of Marlborough, close to the Wairau River. The family-grown, family-made wines are absolutely perfect for the barbecue or a long, slow lunch. They are great-value wines that show the full flavour and invigorating freshness for which Marlborough has won global fame. Hunky Dory vineyards and wine are fully certified organic with BioGro New Zealand.

About

Mike and Claire Allen were studying winemaking in Adelaide in 1990 when they scored vintage positions in Marlborough, Mike at Cloudy Bay and Claire at Corbans. They immediately fell in love with the beauty and energy of the region, and couldn't resist when they saw an ad in the local paper for a block of land on an old apple orchard in Rapaura that “looked like heaven”. It took four years’ toil to get the apples out and the land ready for planting what has now become Huia. During that time, Mike deepened his relationship with the region at Cloudy Bay and Vavasour, while Claire went from Corbans to Lawson’s Dry Hills. By 1996, they had the estate up and running. “It was the vitality of the wines we tasted when we got to Marlborough that told us we were somewhere special,” says Mike, accounting for the motivation that got the place to the great shape it’s in today.