By Josh Scott Marlb Natural Pinot Noir 2025
Trust your Taste
Raspberry, strawberry and black cherry lead into ripe berry and plum-tart flavours in this Marlborough Pinot Noir. It is packed with fruit but light on tannin, with no oak flavour to get in the way. Try it lightly chilled with tapas or a cheese platter for a fresh take on red wine.
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Little tannin, rounded texture and pronounced ripe fruit favour Soft palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.
This suits you if you enjoy fresh, fruit-filled reds with very little tannin and no oak.
It may not suit you if you prefer firm tannins, pronounced oak or strongly earthy flavours.
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Style PINOTNOIR
- Grapes PINOTNOIR
Tasting Notes
- Region New Zealand
- Style PINOTNOIR
- Grapes PINOTNOIR
How this wine feels
The fruit is generous, but there is very little drying grip. It feels rounded and easy through the middle, with a fresh berry finish. This is a good place to start if you enjoy red-wine flavour but find firm tannins off-putting.
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How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.
The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.
The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.
Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.
How smooth and rounded the wine feels.
Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.
Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.
Behind the bottle
A Marlborough Pinot Noir from the Millstone vineyard, made by Josh Scott with minimal handling.
Destemmed fruit fermented on skins in open vats, then settled in tank; malolactic fermentation, no oak, no fining or filtration.
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