2013 TWR Single-Vineyard 5182 Pinot Noir

TWR

New Zealand / Marlborough / TWR

All fruit for this wine was handpicked, hand-sorted, destemmed without crushing and transferred to small one-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged up to four times daily. Each clone was fermented separately. Some parcels had a small percentage of whole bunches included. The majority were inoculated with selected yeasts, with a small proportion wild fermented. The fruit had a 7-9 day cold soak, a 5-7 day ferment, and then post-ferment maceration for 8-10 days. Pressed off on taste and then filled to oak after 24 hours. In French oak (30% new) from various coopers for 12 months.
This Pinot shows fragrant notes of ripe strawberry and cherry with hints of violets, mocha, spice and some savoury undertones. The finely textured, silky tannins combine with flavours of strawberry and omega plum. The palate carries into more complex, savoury flavours and finishes with a lingering persistence of fruit, fine tannin and integrated oak.

March, 2015

Nick Stock

jamessuckling.com

96 points

This represents a selected parcel that has been singled out as the best expression of Te Whare Ra's site. It has an enchantingly bright and perfumed nose with violet-like florals, sweet baking spices and beautifully pure red cherry fruits. The palate has impressive structure and textural complexity, the tannins swirl, the acidity shines and the fruit flavours in the red cherry and redcurrant spectrum run deep, long and deceptively powerful. Drink in 2017.

February, 2017

Bob Campbell

The Real Review MW

95 points

Aromatic pinot noir with bright cherry, raspberry, plum and spice and anise flavours. This elegant and seductively drinkable wine doesn’t lack power but delivers it with great subtlety. Silken texture and a very lengthy finish.

June, 2017

Tyson Stelzer,

Australian & New Zealand Wines of the Year 2017

95 points

A mood of savoury complexity of beetroot and dried spice provides an alluring backdrop to dark berry/cherry fruit of well-toned refinement and fine-tuned, intricately ground, mineral-fine, silky tannin structure. It’s tightly wound yet expressively characterful, very long, masterfully crafted and poised for a confident future.

June, 2017

Bob Campbell MW

Gourmet Traveller WINE

95 points.

5182 is TWR's BioGro (organic registration) number. Quite an aromatic Pinot Noir with bright cherry, raspberry, plum and anise flavours. This elegant and seductively drinkable wine doesn't lack power, but delivers it with great subtlety.

May, 2016

Campbell Mattinson

The Wine Front

93+ points

Light in colour but crunchy and powerful. This sure makes an impression. Redcurrant and assorted red/black berries, woodsmoke, smoky reduction, dry spices. It’s all going on. The berry flavours tend towards the darker, denser end of the spectrum despite the lightness of colour. Strong strings of tannin tie it all together. Pretty impressive all over. Will mature well.

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About TWR

Te Whare Ra (TWR) is a small vineyard and winery located in the Marlborough sub-region of Renwick. The 11Ha vineyard was first planted in 1979 and since 2003 has been owned by winemakers Anna and Jason Flowerday. Yields are kept low, the vineyard is managed with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and all the fruit is handpicked and hand-sorted.  The wines are made with minimal intervention in a small winery which has been specifically set up for small-batch winemaking.  The aromatic wines have carved out a reputation for TWR as a member of New Zealand’s elite, while the improbably good Syrah and Pinot Noir are opening people’s eyes to Marlborough’s potential for red wines of distinction.
Biodynamic producer, certified organic
http://naturalwine.org.nz/

About

Anna Flowerday hails from McLaren Vale and kicked off her career there amid a thoroughly talented pack of young winemakers in the mid-1990s. She worked for Hardys for seven years all up, culminating in an aromatically formative stint at Leasingham in Clare Valley. It was during her time at Hardys that she met and fell in love with Jason Flowerday, a third-generation viticulturalist from Marlborough. Eventually they struck out together and in 2003 bought Te Whare Ra, home to one of the oldest vineyards in Marlborough, originally planted in 1979. Together they manage the estate with a combination of organic and biodynamic practices and have cemented this region's reputation not only as an impeccable source of aromatic whites but also as a force to be reckoned with for both Pinot Noir and Syrah.