The 2007 Vavasour Pinot Noir is a deep garnet colour and

exhibits blackcurrant, plum and spice notes on the nose.  The

concentrated palate returns rich liquorice flavours with a long,

soft tannin finish.

The fruit for the 2007 Vavasour Pinot Noir was hand picked

from low yielding, high quality vineyards in the Awatere Valley.

This wine comprises several premium clones including 115, 777

and AM10/5.

After traditional hand plunging techniques, to extract colour

and tannin during fermentation, this Pinot Noir  was aged in

100% new and 1 year old French oak barriques for 9 months.

2007 was an interesting vintage, with early spring frosts and cool, wet conditions during flowering naturally restricting the vines crop levels. Luckily from this inauspicious start the weather really warmed up and glorious late summer and autumn temperatures allowed the Pinot Noir to ripen fully.  Flavour development was further aided by the cool nights during the critical period leading up to harvest. The 2007 Vavasour Pinot Noir is sealed with screw cap to ensure optimum quality.