THREE PADDLES

Three Paddles Pinot Noir 2025

Trust your Taste

Red berries and cherries meet spice and a little earthy detail in this Martinborough Pinot Noir. Soft texture and supple tannins make the fruit easy to enjoy, with a gently persistent finish. Try it alongside a roast or a savoury vegetable dish when you want a rounded, approachable red.

PalateKeySo · Soft & Round
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Soft texture, supple tannins and generous red 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 soft Pinot Noir with red fruit and a little earthy spice.

It may not suit you if you prefer very powerful reds with firm tannins.

Pinot NoirMartinborough750 ml bottle13.5% alcohol
$30.99per bottle
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Tasting Notes
  • Region MARTINBOROUGH
  • Style PINOT NOIR
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Tasting Notes
  • Region MARTINBOROUGH
  • Style PINOT NOIR

How this wine feels

The tannins feel supple, giving the fruit gentle shape rather than a drying grip. Red berries carry the middle, with spice and earth adding a little detail. The finish stays soft and comfortable, making it an inviting style to explore.

The sliders show how strongly each characteristic comes through. Higher does not mean better.

Structural IntensityModerate presence5/10
DelicatePowerful

How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.

Astringency / TanninGentle grip3/10
Little gripFirm grip

The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.

Acidity SharpnessFresh5/10
GentleZesty

The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.

Bitterness / SavourinessSubtle4/10
LittlePronounced

Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.

Softness / RoundnessRounded8/10
FirmRounded

How smooth and rounded the wine feels.

Sweet-Fruit ExpressionPronounced fruit7/10
Subtle fruitRipe fruit

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

From four Martinborough vineyard parcels, led by Pirinoa and Old Cemetery.

For the detail-minded
Pinot Noir13.5% alcohol5.8 g/L titratable aciditypH 3.42

Destemmed fruit spent 17–21 days on skins, followed by malolactic fermentation and 10 months in French oak, 11% new.