2022 Block 88 By Auntsfield Marlborough Pinot Noir
Block 88 is a BLOCKBUSTER Pinot – declassified from Auntsfield’s $50 Estate final blend because it has too much flavour… it’s heavyweight quality at a Bantamweight price!
Sale
Elsewhere $25.00
$18.99
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| Store | Stock Level |
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| Lunn Ave Cellar Door and Click & Collect |
High 
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Further Information
| Brand | Auntsfield Estate |
|---|---|
| Region | Marlborough |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Size | 750ml |
| Alcohol % | 14.0% |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Vegetarian |
Description
Step right up, any Pinot that wants a shot at New Zealand's "best circa $20 Pinot" title, Block 88 will take the challenge anytime, anywhere. A big, muscular, and brooding style of Pinot Noir (atypically the $50 Auntsfield Estate style… but typically Auntsfield quality), it's beautifully silky and very harmonious. Although made in the same way, when it comes to Luc & Ben Cowley making the final blend for their elegant Burgundian styled Estate Pinot Noir, the incarnation of NZ’s most full-bodied richly fruited $20ish Pinot Noir takes place. The more opulently flavoured barrels are declassified into Block 88. Not for lovers of the finer more Burgundian style… Block 88 perfectly fits the palates of tens of thousands of Kiwi Pinot lovers… and I am very partial to it as well. We deal directly with Auntsfield on this wine and have NZ exclusivity, why the price v quality is so incredible. Buy it by the case and keep a few bottles back... there's 5-6 years good drinking in this!
Smells
Deep and beautifully rendered nose of red and black fruits, with exotic spices, mulberry and cedar.
Tastes
Generous and very charming with great fruit weight and silky mouthfeel, bursting with black & red cherries, boysenberries, and spice. Block 88 always appeals to fuller style Pinot drinker. Enjoy with game dishes, Sichuan meat-based dishes and five-spiced duck breast between now and 2028.
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