Main Divide TE HAU Pinot Noir Reserve
2021
93/100
“There’s no mistaking the bouquet of this wine with core dark red berries and plum ... Lively, youthful and enticing. Plenty of varietal fruit power with flavours … Decent length and finish, a very satisfying expression.”
Cameron Douglas MS, camdouglasms.com, NZ
93/100
“… Rich, flavoursome wine with a backbone of sweet, ripe tannins. Good value.”
Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, NZ
18.5+/20
“… The nose is elegantly full … The mouthfeel is silky and with supple tannin extraction. The wine is elegantly rich with good energy, shows balanced fruit and acid enriched by earthy mushroom elements.”
Candice Chow, raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, NZ
⭑⭑⭑⭑½
“Offering great value … it is mouthfilling and supple, with concentrated, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, gentle acidity, and a complex, smooth, very harmonious finish …”
Michael Cooper, Winestate Magazine, AUS
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
This is gorgeously ripe and complex … Plush and soothing with a persistent expansive finish.
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, NZ
2020
93/100
“An enticing bouquet with a savoury, fresh red berry and dried herb … Youthful, fresh and firm … fine tannins and acidity delivering structure and carrying flavour.”
Cameron Douglas MS, camdouglasms.com, NZ
⭑⭑⭑⭑½
“… delicious, it has generous, vibrant plum, cherry and spice flavours, with nutty oak adding complexity, and a well-rounded finish.”
Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide, NZ
2019
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
… A terrific example of a drink-young style … Combining power and grace … savoury notes adding complexity, and a finely textured, very harmonious finish.
Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide, NZ
⭑⭑⭑⭑½ 93/100
… Ripe, intense and deeply-tinted pinot noir with stewed plum, liquorice, chocolate-mocha and spicy oak flavours, with an interesting slightly rustic edge. Very approachable now but no rush.
Bob Campbell MW, bobcampbell.nz, NZ
18.5/20
… This reserve wine is not made every year but every time it is produced, the style and quality punch significantly above the price tag, which is relatively humble, given the great concentration of flavour, dry taste and full body in this wine.
Joelle Thomson, joellethomson.com, NZ
