The Better Half Pinot Noir 2021
(Marlborough, New Zealand)

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About the Winery: 
When George Elworthy decided to dust off his winemaking hat to create a new range of wines from Marlborough, a friendly rivalry arose: his wife, Jules Taylor, is also a winemaker with her own well established brand and so The Better Half seemed like the perfect tongue in cheek moniker to attach to his new project.

George is an accomplished winemaker with more than 18 years of experience in Marlborough. He’s worked with distinguished local and international wine companies, and gained recognition as the founding winemaker at The Crossings in Marlborough’s Awatere Valley. Having been on the scene throughout Marlborough’s rapid transformation as a wine growing region, he has an intimate knowledge of the area and its future potential, something that he’s keen to showcase with The Better Half.

About this Wine:
100% harvested from Marlborough’s more sheltered Southern Valleys, the home of Pinot Noir in Marlborough.

The 2021 harvest gave us small bunches of beautiful clean grapes and wines of beautiful flavour, concentration and weight. This Pinot Noir has been made from fruit grown in Marlborough’s Southern Valleys where the north-west facing slopes and clay-based soils provide great conditions for growing Pinot Noir.

Tasting Notes:

COLOUR: Bright ruby red.
NOSE: Perfumed and inviting with aromas of fragrant blackberries, cherries and plums along with subtle oaky spice. 
PALATE: Plush and perfumed with flavours of ripe cherries, boysenberries and plums along with savoury notes and spicy oak. The palate is smooth and silky with, fine tannins and a long juicy finish.

Alc: 13.9% | pH: 3.62 | TA: 5.45g /L | RS: 1.1g /L

Ratings & Reviews

89 Points - James Suckling:
"A pretty nose of red cherries, strawberries and rosemary. Medium-bodied with integrated tannins. Fruity and easy-going on the palate with simple red fruit coming through." (Sep 2022)