Akitu A1 Black Label Pinot Noir 2018

This wine opens with a delicate perfume of spice, wild herbs, and brooding plummy fruit. Intriguing notes of brown spices and graphite blend with leafy sous bois aromas. The nose is compact, focused, and highly detailed, promising impressive evolution with time.

On the palate, it offers a fine, silky entry, supported by a precise and linear structure. The wine’s delicate form and harmonious acidity drive its length and focus. The balance between fruit, tannin, and acidity is exceptional, hinting at a fascinating journey ahead. A fine combination of detailed aromatics, silky texture.

5 Stars
Michael Cooper | New Zealand Wines – Buyers Guide
“Estate-grown 380 meters above sea level at Mt Barker, in the
Wanaka sub-region, the barrel-aged 2018 vintage is a very elegant
red, full of youthful drive. Ruby hued, mouth-filling and sweet-fruited, it
is silky and savory, with cherish, spicy, nutty flavor's, showing
excellent poise and complexity. Best drinking 2022+. This wine is a
classic.”

95 Points
Jamie Goode | Wine Anorak
September 2020
“Considering the heat of this vintage, this has turned out really well. This is taut and
aromatic with fresh, vivid cherry and raspberry fruit. The palate has a lovely energy,
showing bright, elegant red and black cherry fruit with a silky texture: there’s some
finesse and a fine herbal quality sitting under the fruit. There’s a lovely fruit quality here,
but it blends so beautifully with the more savoury, structural elements.”

95 Points
Cameron Douglas MS
September 2020
“Fresh, youthful and fruit centric bouquet with aromas of fresh raspberry and dark
cherry, sweet oak and spices to match a toasty barrel scent. Youthful and quietly
complex. Tense, youthful and dry on the palate with a firm and youthful texture, chalky
tannins and ripe almost sweet acid line. Flavours of fruits and spices reflect the nose.
Length youthful finish, well made and ready to enjoy from today and through 2028.”