Kumeu River Wines - Rays Road Hawkes Bay Pinot Noir 2021

Kumeu River Wines - Rays Road Hawkes Bay Pinot Noir 2021The Pinot Noir at Rays Road was planted by the previous owners in 2008 with a variety of superior clones. The Pinot Noir from this limestone terroir is exciting, and the future of this vineyard is certainly very bright. A portion of this site makes up 80% of the Kumeu Village Pinot Noir. The best section of this vineyard we leave for the Rays Road bottling. After malolactic fermentation this wine was matured for 12 months in French Oak (10% new). The

The wind in this Similkameen property

with berry notes

Piper-Heidsieck has embraced sustainability: half of the vineyards are already weeded without herbicides

BASK is a line of full-flavoured wines that have zero grams of sugar per serving (188 ml)

all threaded with resin and kissed with smoke

has a great following

no added sulphites and without artificial carbonatation

Sublime and Essential age for 4 years

tightly edged with herbal sapid green notes

a winery on Salt Spring Island

using old barrels–some as much as 80 years old–for fermentation and aging of the wines

Lock & Worth do not belong to any marketing groups nor do they submit wines to award or trade shows–all of which cost money