Neudorf Vineyards
"One of the best New Zealand Pinot Noirs."
Max Allen
2023
Home Block Moutere Pinot Noir
Home Block Moutere Pinot Noir
Thoughtful / Cocoa / Earthy
Also available in magnum
Organically Certified BioGro 56438 | Moutere Clay Gravels | Single Vineyard | Low Cropping | Hand Harvested | Wild Ferment | Natural Spring Malo | Barrel Matured | Unfined | Unfiltered | Vegan | Lightweight Glass Bottle | Solar Powered Winery
Match With
Match with charcoal-seared duck breast, wild mushrooms and a lick of blackcurrant jus. Or better yet, a slow-cooked modern hāngī—where earth, smoke and fire do the talking.
Max Allen
Wine Details
Nelson lends itself to sophisticated, savoury Pinot Noir.
Pinot for cool nights and roaring fires, for leather couches and interesting conversation.
Juicy, delicious and deeply typical of our Home Block, the 2023 vintage hums with quiet confidence.
A visceral note runs through the wine, layered with warm smoke and manuka forest. Black plum, wild cherry and dried thyme emerge, wrapped in a lingering savoury perfume.
It’s dark, smouldering and long. A Pinot that feels subterranean—textural, mineral, and seductive in its restraint.
Vineyard
Site: Home Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson
Aspect: 60m Elveation, North Facing
Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels
Soil Composition: Clay Loam, with small pebbles in upper horizon.
Vineyard Established: 1978
Farming: Dry Farmed, Organic (Biogro: #5438)
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Clonal Selection: 777, 5, 667, 115
Hand Harvested: 100%
Seasonal Detail: A dry start to the season followed by a wetter than normal November. A welcome change to early summer and autumn where we experienced drier and warmer months (December – April). Minor rain events ensured canopies stayed “refreshed” before a trouble-free harvest period. A generous season producing wines of volume and precision
Winemaking
Harvest: 24th - 29th March 2023
Processing: Fruit chilled, sorted and destemmed.
Fermentation: 100% Wild Yeast
Fermentation Vessel: 100% open top fermentation – peak temperature of 32 C
Cap Management: Hand plunge (pigeage) 2 times daily
Oak Management: 100% French Oak - 20% new
Maturation: 10 months in oak then racked and blended.
Malolactic: 100% natural spring malo
Fining: None Filtration: None Vegan: Yes
Bottling Analysis: 13.5% Alc, 3.77 pH, 5.3 g/L TA, Dry
Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g
Nelson lends itself to sophisticated, savoury Pinot Noir.
Pinot for cool nights and roaring fires, for leather couches and interesting conversation.
Juicy, delicious and deeply typical of our Home Block, the 2023 vintage hums with quiet confidence.
A visceral note runs through the wine, layered with warm smoke and manuka forest. Black plum, wild cherry and dried thyme emerge, wrapped in a lingering savoury perfume.
It’s dark, smouldering and long. A Pinot that feels subterranean—textural, mineral, and seductive in its restraint.
Site: Home Block - Upper Moutere, Nelson
Aspect: 60m Elveation, North Facing
Soil Type: Moutere Clay Gravels
Soil Composition: Clay Loam, with small pebbles in upper horizon.
Vineyard Established: 1978
Farming: Dry Farmed, Organic (Biogro: #5438)
Variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Clonal Selection: 777, 5, 667, 115
Hand Harvested: 100%
Seasonal Detail: A dry start to the season followed by a wetter than normal November. A welcome change to early summer and autumn where we experienced drier and warmer months (December – April). Minor rain events ensured canopies stayed “refreshed” before a trouble-free harvest period. A generous season producing wines of volume and precision
Harvest: 24th - 29th March 2023
Processing: Fruit chilled, sorted and destemmed.
Fermentation: 100% Wild Yeast
Fermentation Vessel: 100% open top fermentation – peak temperature of 32 C
Cap Management: Hand plunge (pigeage) 2 times daily
Oak Management: 100% French Oak - 20% new
Maturation: 10 months in oak then racked and blended.
Malolactic: 100% natural spring malo
Fining: None Filtration: None Vegan: Yes
Bottling Analysis: 13.5% Alc, 3.77 pH, 5.3 g/L TA, Dry
Full Bottle Weight: 1,165 g

"A rather fantastic bouquet of complexity and intrigue, varietal intensity and true sense of site and mature vines. ."
Cameron Douglas MS
Home Block Moutere Pinot Noir
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