Aromas of red currant jelly, violets, freshly tilled earth. Expansive palate with silken fruit and underlying savory tannin. Fine white rock minerality runs through giving lingering flavour and length. Drink now to 2022. 

The Vineyard

The Damsteep Vineyard (formally Spye Omihi) is located in the north east of Waipara Valley at the foot of the Omihi Saddle, 10km north of our Home Vineyard This Pinot Noir is grown on a 2.5 hectare north east facing slope, with an altitude between 140 to 180 meters above sea level. The vines here were planted in 1999 and grow on clay overlying fractured limestone and sandstone soils.