Rockburn Eleven Barrels Pinot Noir 2023 [SK 98]

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, 98 points.

"A magnificent rendition, showing dark plum, baking spice, vanilla, floral, and stylish oak aromas on the nose. The palate is both opulent and elegant, with outstanding weight and persistence. Wonderfully framed by velvety texture and loads of polished tannins, making it structured and sturdy with a long, refined finish. At its best: 2026 to 2040. $99.00. www.rockburn.co.nz. April 2025."

WINERY NOTE:

Rockburn Eleven Barrels; the name says it all really. Every year we fill hundreds of French oak barrels with Pinot Noir, and every year I search for those individual barrels that most eloquently speak of site and season. We present the results of that search to you here with a wine that exhibits the attributes I enjoy most about Pinot Noir; subtlety, elegance and personality

The 2023 Eleven Barrels Parkburn Vineyard Pinot Noir is a single vineyard wine displaying the power, generosity and intensity generated by our Parkburn Vineyard site. Dark and moody, the Eleven Barrels displays notes of black cherry, thyme and ripe plum, with an expressive nose and plush tannins on the palate. With the fine balance of ripe fruit, natural acidity and mineral tension this wine truly represents the Pisa sub-region and its complex nature. Expect to see this youthful wine transform and evolve over a decade or more; please be aware a fine deposit may occur as a result of our minimal handling philosophy.