A vibrant and fresh pinot It displays black cherry, strawberry, and subtle spice characters that are medium to light in feel but energetic and long in flavour.

Medium bodied with excellent fruit structure and balanced oak, fine grained, dusty tannins and great length.

Beautiful ripe cherry and strawberry fruits. A savoury, bramble spice builds complexity, along with a gently structured tannin profile with a long, juicy finish.

The front palate shows the cherry and strawberry fruit characters. There is a silky texture and wonderful balance running through the mid palate, with the quality French oak adding subtle charry characters. The tannins are fine and balanced, combining with a tight acid structure to give a long, lingering and powerful finish. The light gaminess adds complexity, which will continue to develop with age.

A mix of black forest fruits, Christmas cake with gentle mid-palate fruit sweetness, juicy with finely balanced silky tannins.

2021 was a perfect year for this wine. Cooler conditions have allowed bright, intense berry flavours to develop: perfect for this fruit driven style. Much less oak influence than its big sister wine (Secret Village Pinot Noir) means the Blue Label is a fresher, lighter style.

The palate is warm and encompassing with a generous sweet fruited core of summer berries and plush tannins that are beautifully interwoven. Persistent sweet fruits continue along the palate to produce a wine of varietal style highlighting regional diversity.

Lifted aroma of dewy rose petal, sour cherry, pomegranate, raspberry and ripe red berry fruits, exotic spices with a subtle gamey truffle finish. Pure, focused and precise with great length, texture and persistence.

The palate starts out with crunchy red fruits complimented by the whole bunch used in fermentation and the French oak used. Lovely ripe tannins with a fresh acid backbone to carry the flavours right to the finish. The lingering after taste makes for a very enjoyable Pinot Noir.

Soft entry to the palate, with dark fruit characters supported by ripe tannins. Oak is noticeable at this early stage but it adds plenty of complexity.

Medium bodied with excellent fruit structure and balanced oak, fine grained, dusty tannins and great length.

Medium bodied with excellent fruit structure and balanced oak, fine grained, dusty tannins and great length.

The front palate shows the cherry and strawberry fruit characters. There is a silky texture and wonderful balance running through the mid palate, with the quality French oak adding subtle charry characters. The tannins are fine and balanced, combining with a tight acid structure to give a long, lingering and powerful finish. The light gaminess adds complexity, which will continue to develop with age.

This is all about sour cherry and spice - well integrated fine tannins with a balanced finish.

The Take it to the Grave Pinot Noir takes on one of the wine world’s most entrenched rules – that it is impossible to make high quality, varietally expressive but affordable Pinot Noir.