2022 Rockburn The Art Pinot Noir

96 pts
A small-batch Pinot made from Rockburn’s best fruit in Gibbston and Parkburn – concentrated yet finely built, and great for the cellar.

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Description

‘The Art’ represents the best of Rockburn’s Pinot Noir – a small selection of barrels chosen for their balance, depth and sense of place. The fruit comes from Rockburn’s top sites across Central Otago, including their long-established Gibbston and Parkburn vineyards, both managed to deliver low yields and high concentration.

The 2022 season was mild and even, giving clean, perfectly ripe fruit. Each parcel was fermented with wild yeast and aged in French oak, around a third new, before blending. The focus here is always on refinement over size, letting the structure and texture carry the fruit.

The wine is dark and pure, with layers of cherry and spice sitting over fine tannins and a dry, savoury finish. It’s a composed, cellar-worthy Pinot from this star producer.

Bob Campbell MW

Bob Campbell MW

The Real Review 96 Points

Gently aromatic pinot noir with appealing and nicely integrated floral/red rose, dark cherry, vanilla, cassis, strawberry cream flavours. Mouth-watering wine that has been made with a light touch. Charming wine that is drinking well now.

James Suckling

James Suckling

James Suckling 95 Points

The aromas and brightness are impressive, with rose petals, pure sliced strawberries and sandalwood. Medium-bodied with smoke, caramel and strawberry flavors. Juicy and so flavorful at the end. So much going on here and lots of structure. Polished and very curated. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

One of the (many) attractions to the field of Winemaking is that singular combination of art and science employed to craft each wine, every year. The Science is well defined, and the literature is continually being added to; the Art is not so easy to pin down. It is born of the individual winemaker and their Muse and exists in the heart; it finds its expression within the senses of the imbiber. This wine is the result of our Winemaker let loose to practice his Artistry on fruit from other sites within Central Otago.

Created from a single vineyard site high in the Dunstan foothills this Pinot Noir speaks with great eloquence of its origins. Very high-quality fruit and excellent physiological ripeness allowed for a generous inclusion of whole bunches in the ferment, adding spice and texture to the wine, and further complexity and harmony was encouraged with extended maturation in barrel.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country New Zealand
Region Central Otago
Reviewed By The Real Review
James Suckling
Critic Score 96
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Screw Cap

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