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Type: Red Wine
Country: New Zealand
Region: Central Otago
Code: FELT755
From a gentle north-facing slope in the heart of The Elms, Block 3 draws its character from deep silt soils threaded with calcareous seams. This single block wine shows how distinct parcels within one vineyard can express a unique identity, or what the French would call terroir.
This is an En Primeur wine and special conditions apply.

Specification

Producer

Felton Road

Owner, Nigel Greening along with Winemaker Blair Walters and viticulturist Gareth King have established Felton Road into one of the world’s iconic producers of Pinot Noir. Writer James Suckling goes as far as describing Felton Road as the “DRC of New Zealand”. Beginning with meticulous site selection and vineyard design which started in 1991, Felton Road's story is one of refusal to compromise. A strict 100% estate policy with f...

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Tasting Notes

The age of the vines (mostly 33 years) contributes to the diverse and complete aromatics – led by dark fruits, hints of leather and complexing earthy notes. Flavours are similarly complex with the mouthfeel holding its power in check for the finish. The transparency of the fruit is seasoned with its textbook dried herbs, giving a lovely counterpoint before the finish roars in; a tidal wave of rich chocolate and tannin. An object lesson in ‘Peacock’s Tail’.

Vinification

Grapes are destemmed directly into open-top fermenters, with 25% retained as whole clusters for added structure and aromatic complexity. The wine is then aged for 13 months in French oak barrels, 20% new.

Press Comments

The Wine Front, 96 points: "Black cherry, raspberry and poached strawberry, dried herb, a steely thing here, suede leather and dried flowers, some rosy notes, a smoky paprika spice. It’s medium-bodied, a sappy andgrainy graphite grip to tannin, a certain succulence of red fruits but tempered with orange peel and dried herb, a tamarillobite, with a fleshy finish of excellent length. They have knocked it out of the park in 2025. I can’t recall a better vintage than this."

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