New Zealand / Pinot Noir

Central Otago 2018 Pinot Noir

Source-supported draft: Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 is Outstanding, a very warm, early and concentrated vintage with many successful wines. It is a useful buy vintage for Bannockburn, Bendigo, Gibbston and other benchmark sites, but wa...

94 - Outstanding
Score94
ConfidenceHigh
MaturityEntering peak
Window2023-2038

Vivintage verdict

Outstanding

Source-supported draft: Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 is Outstanding, a very warm, early and concentrated vintage with many successful wines. It is a useful buy vintage for Bannockburn, Bendigo, Gibbston and other benchmark sites, but wa...

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