Dark fruit, cherry and integrated oak are perfectly balanced with bright floral notes in this elegantly structured Pinot Noir sourced from our Araroa block. 

Displaying brooding dark fruit aromas with notes of forest floor and harmonious spicy, smoky oak this richly textured Pinot Noir is sourced solely from our Awatere Valley vineyard. A complex and elegantly structured wine. 

Tohu produces award-winning New Zealand wine crafted from grapes grown in our breathtakingly beautiful, Awatere Valley vineyard. When Tohu launched in 1988 we were the world's first Maori-owned wine company. Since then we’ve grown a reputation for producing premium wine in a range of varieties, winning awards for our Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir and Methode Traditionnelle.

2018/2019 growing season began with some unsettled weather over flowering period, followed by warm and dry summer. Grapes were picked at optimal ripeness, resulting in a wine with outstanding aromatics, palate weight and texture.

Hand-harvested grapes gently destemmed then chilled for seven days in open top vessels. Warmed for a fast ferment; the wine was pressed directly into dedicated Pinot Noir French oak barriques for the winter. Underwent natural malolactic fermentation once the temperatures started to warm again in spring Rigorous blending and barrel section, with the final blend left to settle for a few more months before being bottled without the need for fining or filtration.

Bottled May 2020 - 4437 bottles produced.