Kelly Washington Pinot Noir 2019

Kelly Washington Wines is a boutique winery producing small-batch, single-vineyard wines that authentically reflect the terroir of New Zealand’s diverse wine regions.
Founded in 2016 by experienced winemakers Tamra Kelly-Washington and her husband Simon Washington. They seek out the most unique and diverse parcels of vines, and work with a fastidious bunch of growers who have a love for the land, and are unrelenting in their pursuit of nurturing exceptional fruit from distinguished sites. Old vines, high density planting, vineyards of altitude, organic and biodynamic farming – these are the attributes they seek from the growers they work with.

Working with such exceptional fruit, their aim is to is to showcase and explore sub regionality, but moreover make wines of which are elegant, honest, and truly reflect the land they're from.

Sourced from 17-year-old vines in Gibbston, fruit was hand-harvested and mostly destemmed, with 20% whole bunches. Fermented with wild yeasts in open-top oak cuvées, then aged 10 months in French oak (20% new). Filtered before bottling to preserve purity and site expression.