Calvert, Pinot Noir, Central Otago, 2022

Name: Calvert, Pinot Noir, Central Otago
Brand: Felton Road
Price: 341.53 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2016 2021 2022 2023

justerini & brooks tasting note

The Calvert Pinot Noir is planted on deeper clay soils which tends to produce wines with good fruit clarity and depth, allied to more prominent tannin. Certainly, next to the Block 3 and Cornish Point, the Calvery has a more lavish and blue fruited persona, with a certain gloss and sweetness to the fruit. It ages for 16 months in 30% new French oak.

critic reviews

93/100Rebecca Gibb,Vinous

The 2022 Pinot Noir Calvert is an intriguingly fragrant wine, evoking the medicinal herbs of an Italian aperitivo alongside cherries, fruit cake and festive spices, which continue on the palate. It fills the mouth but does so without any sense of heaviness. The 2022 is a calming, relaxed wine with a tender charm and mouthcoating tannins that provide an assured structure on the finish without being assertive. The 2022 will evolve gracefully but is already a flavorful party in your mouth.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2035

date of review 05/2024

94+/100Erin Larkin,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Calvert Pinot Noir is currently closed and firm on the nose (although a point to note, the Calvert and Block 5 were bottled in September, and it is now late November. The other Pinots from this vintage went to bottle in May). In the mouth, however, this wine hits a massive stride. Forthright tannins accompany powerful fruit and fine acidity to make an impact. Theres pomegranate and cherry, violets, rosehips and capers, with green olive tapenade and even a hint of bone broth. Once again, the acidity in conjunction with the tannins combine to bring on a cool finish... lovely. I do love the strawberry through the finish. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

DRINKING WINDOW 2023 - 2036

date of review 12/2023