2024 Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir 750ml

Awards and Ratings The Wine Front – 91 points (Gary Walsh, Oct 2025) About This Wine Felton Road Block 5 is one of Central Otago’s most highly regarded single-vineyard Pinot Noirs. Hand-picked, biodynamically farmed and produced without fining or filtration, this wine represents the estate’s uncompromising pursuit of purity, balance and terroir expression. Block 5 consistently delivers depth, power and refinement, making it one of the standout cuvées from Bannockburn. Tasting Notes Immediately complex, the bouquet spans green, red and black tonalities. A seamless palate of morello, sandalwood and nutmeg carries persistent poise. Silky tannins reveal themselves gradually, finishing with elegance and structural balance. A refined and harmonious expression of mature vines rooted in the distinctive Block 5 site. Vineyard Notes Block 5 planted in 1993, located on a gentle north-facing slope of The Elms Vineyard in Bannockburn. Soils range from heavy loess and silt to clay lake-bed deposits and schist gravels. Fully organic & biodynamic (Demeter & BioGro certified). Hand work includes shoot thinning, leaf plucking, bunch thinning and hand harvest. Cover crops between rows maintain vine balance, soil health and biodiversity. Winemaking 28% whole clusters, remainder de-stemmed by gravity. Long cold soak 8–10 days. Indigenous yeast fermentation; hand punch-downs up to twice per day. 22–25 days total on skins. Pressed and filled to barrel via gravity. 16 months maturation, 20% new French oak. Unfined and unfiltered, bottled late August 2025. Technical Data Drinking Window: 2027–2040 ABV: 13.5–14.5% Sweetness: Dry Fermentation: Indigenous Maturation: Oaked, French oak Closure: Screwcap Winemaker: Blair Walter Viticulturist: Gareth King Ownership: Nigel Greening