Grasshopper Rock Central Otago Pinot Noir 2011
Grasshopper Rock Central Otago Pinot Noir 2011
About the wine
Wine Advisor's Top Tip
- Beautiful, elegant Pinot that just won a gold medal in the International Wine Challenge!
- Phil's first ever wine won him 92 points from the biggest guru of them all, Robert Parker. It's no wonder the French are having trouble sleeping when New Zealanders are making wines as stunning as this
- Forget expensive Burgundy - you MUST try this world-class, single vineyard Pinot Noir. You'll never go back
Contains sulphites
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New Zealand
Otago
Pinot noir
Smooth Red
13.5% ABV
750ml
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Phil Handford
- With a heap of GOLD medals Phil is making some of the best Pinot Noir we have ever tasted
- His first ever vintage was awarded 92 points by Robert Parker. Every single vintages to date has been awarded gold medals, racking up an amazing 18 GOLD MEDALS in total.
- Phil alternates between mastermind and master of understatement: "Just going for a paddle" - First solo kayak crossing of Foveaux Strait. "Caught the odd deer" -Acclaimed deer trapper in the 80's." Dabbled in shearing"- 300 sheep in a day. When he says he'll make a bit of wine for us, we know to brace for the best wines imaginable.
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