Burn Cottage 'Moonlight Race' Pinot Noir 2023

96 POINTS: James Suckling
94 POINTS: Wine Spectator Magazine
93 POINTS: Decanter Magazine
92 POINTS: Robert Parker's - The Wine Advocate
Top100 Wines of the World - Wine Spectator Magazine
"Graphite, brambly red and black fruits, lots of dark cherry, an enticing floral/herb element too – Burn Cottage always builds so many layers into its wines. Nice juiciness on the palate, which is smooth, supple and creamy. Firmer powdery tannins take a while to unfurl, but the palate is very lovely when they do, with good build to the savoury finish. Nicely made, with good elegance. A blend of fruit from Burn Cottage’s Lowburn home vineyard and its Bannockburn Sauvage and Sappa vineyards."
Moonlight Race is a combination of Pinot Noir sourced from our trio of estate vineyards: Burn Cottage Vineyard in Lowburn, and the Sauvage and Sappa Vineyards in Bannockburn. Each vineyard contributes unique characteristics to the blend, resulting in a vibrant expression of Central Otago Pinot Noir.
The Sauvage Family, who own Burn Cottage, are people of the land, whether its farming grapes, wheat, cattle or cotton, in the US, Australia, Germany or New Zealand. They show respect to the land, practising biodynamics in their Central Otago vineyards. With winemaking in the hands of the brilliant Clare Mulholland, the wines continue to be an elegant, understated and very well considered expression of Central Otago.