2020 Bannockburn Vineyard Pinot Noir, Valli, Bannockburn
Valli founder and winemaker Grant Taylor has won international renown for his ability to showcase variations in different Otago subregions. This 2020, from Valli's cooler site in Bannockburn, is fresh, complex, expressive and elegant. It shows dark hedgerow fruits with an edge of cranberry and pomegranate, and some brambly, structural tannins giving the wine length and longevity. Lots of cracked pepper on the nose. Though enjoyable in its youth, this has the structure and concentration to age for many years.