McArthur Ridge Southern Tor Pinot Noir

It’s here! The Central Otago Pinot Noir that just took the world by storm, made global headlines and is now recognised as one of the “50 Best Wines in the World” from the world’s largest and most influential wine competitions – the 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards in London. Go Kiwi!

But here’s your heads up – with stock extremely limited and global demand through the roof it’s been tightly allocated and we’ve secured a small shipment. Every Pinot lover around the world will be wanting to lay their mits on this wine…so don’t think twice or you’ll miss it!

This won Best In Show with a 97/100 rating which is an absolutely incredible achievement! Winning Best In Show at the DWWA is no easy road that’s for sure. After joining over 18,000 other wines they are then awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze –  the rest are shown the door! Then the best of the best go toe-to-toe to determine the Platinum award winners. THEN, the Platinum award winners go to head-to-head to discover the overall Best In Show winners, the top 50 wines from the entire competition.

Or let’s put it another way – top 50 from over 18,000 is just 0.002% of all wines entered got a Best In Show Award!

The judges at the DWWA in London had this to say. “We may not have found any Burgundian Pinot Noir wines to feature in this year’s Best In Show selection, but three Pinots from the Southern Hemisphere goes some way to compensate. This example from the Alexandra Basin sub-region shows why there is so much excitement about Central Otago. It’s a translucent dark red in colour, with articulate aromas of warm red berries, red cherries and root spice. It’s softly articulated on the palate and sweet-fruited, with great grace and poise. The wine’s structure comes more prominently from its acidity than from its relatively discreet tannin profile. In just two years, it has already begun to soften and open; look out for stones and a herbal complexity as well as root spice on the finish.”

Made by McArthur Ridge from the Alexandra sub region and made by one of NZ’s great Pinot Noir winemakers Matt Connell. The Southern Tor Pinot Noir label ain’t no flash in the pan either – the previous ’21 vintage won 5 Trophies and the ’20 vintage winner of 3 Trophies!

We’ve tried the wine…a few times….y’know just to be sure! Wow, what a simply incredible bottle of velvety, lush Central Pinot and under $40 too? There’s no wonder there’s a mad rush to grab this one.