(2021) From Nelson at the top of the South Island, this is fermented with wild yeast and spent 10 months in French oak, 20% new. Pleasing, pale garnet colour, and warming aromas with vanilla melting into summer red fruits, but there is depth too, a little briar or chestnut perhaps. In the mouth a lovely Pinot, filled with well-tempered and gently earthy fruit, and though there's tobacco and more vanilla, the firm edge of the tannins and crispness of the acidity give lovely balance.