Check out the issue of the Wine Spectator hitting the newsstands today, December 9, 2008.
Matt Kramer, a 20+ year contributor to the magazine, has an article titled, "My Wines of the Year". It's a short list - seven wines, from both Old World and New.
Two of the seven are from Pyramid Valley's first Home vintage - 2006 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir, and 2006 Angel Flower Pinot Noir. Writes Mr. Kramer:
"If New Zealand has created a finer Pinot Noir than these two single vineyard wines from Pyramid Valley Vineyards, I haven't tasted it. The first estate-bottled wines from Americans-turned-Kiwis Mike and Claudia Weersing, these two biodynamically grown Pinot Noirs are thrilling in their intensity. Grown on chalky soil in the North Canterbury zone of the South Island, Earth Smoke (1.7 acres) is all black fruits and a kind of dark richness; Angel Flower (1.5 acres) is red fruits and exquisite finesse. Both wines offer a lovely tenderness. They are among the finest out-of-Burgundy experiences I've ever had. And this is just the first vintage, no less."
We'll be bringing both into the U.S. in February 2009, along with a selection of wines from the 2007 vintage of the Grower's Collection. Stay tuned!
