PYRAMID VALLEY

Pyramid Valley Vineyards is one of New Zealand's great wine estates. Founders Mike and Claudia Elze Weersing established the site in North Canterbury and planted the vineyards in the year 2000. Together they created remarkable wines for close to 20 years. They used only biodynamic viticulture and gained a world-wide reputation for their superb Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. In 2017 the Weersings sold the estate to Steve Smith MW (perhaps best known for establishing Craggy Range) and his business partner and wildlife conservationist Brian Sheth. The estate remains tended according to the holistic principles of biodynamics and continues to produce wines with enormous personality that express their unique cool climate terroir. 

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Pinot Noir Earth Smoke
Pyramid Valley Vineyards

Pinot Noir Earth Smoke

$135.99 x 6

$722.07 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $135.99 EACH
PRODUCER
Pyramid Valley Vineyards
VINTAGE
2018
COLOUR
Red
REGION, COUNTRY
north canterbury, New Zealand
GRAPE
Pinot Noir
 

93 Points, Rebecca Gibb (Vinous)



Tasted alongside its stablemate, Angel Flower, this is the more powerful, richer, more immediately impressive of the pair. The brooding fragrance is reminiscent of red cherries, thyme, tobacco and tea leaves, as well as subtle spices of oak barrel maturation. This has the most heft of the PV Pinots, with a chalky tannic grip adding to its sense of power. Despite the chemical analysis showing a pH of 4.1 (yikes!) and total acidity of just 3.67, this still has a refreshing conclusion. It will drink well over the medium term.

North Canterbury Orange
Pyramid Valley Vineyards

North Canterbury Orange

$49.99 x 6

$265.43 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $49.99 EACH
PRODUCER
Pyramid Valley Vineyards
VINTAGE
2020
COLOUR
orange
REGION, COUNTRY
North Canterbury, New Zealand
GRAPE
Pinot gris, uscat
 

Winemaker Notes

Luminous peach/ copper hue, with a reassuring, organic, light haze. Lifted floral aromas leap out of the glass along with orange rind and an earthy complexity. Lovely fine phenolics fill the mouth giving great weight and a moreish texture to the wine. Orange rind, Campari/ Negroni like flavours follow. A great wine to accompany a variety of tapas-style foods. 756 cases of 6 x 750ml produced.

92 Points, Cam Douglas MS

Made with Pinot Gris and using traditional skin contact techniques this wine is indeed orange in appearance with aromas and flavours of peach tea and apricot, fruit spices and wild flowers. There’s a core of mineral chalk and scents of kishmish fruits. Plenty of texture that dances across the palate. Fruit tannins and acidity add texture and length with the flavours of persimmon and apricot, peach, apple and quince. Really quite a lovely wine with best drinking upon purchase.