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Pyramid Valley

The 2024 Release of the Iconic Botanicals Range 
Pyramid Valley

It’s been a pleasure hosting the ever thoughtful, humble and insightful Pyramid Valley winemaker Huw Kinch this week as he introduced the 2024 releases to the Australian market. Since taking the reins in 2018, Huw and the team at PV have added new plantings following Mike Weersing’s unfinished vineyard map, built a new winery and evolved both the biodynamic viticulture and the low intervention winemaking to the next level. The new wines are stunning and clearly reflect the wonderful and super-positive evolution at the estate. It’s a great vintage from a New Zealand pioneer that’s now producing its best wines ever.

Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay 2024

Field of Fire is situated on the lower part of the slope, where glauconitic clays overlay well-drained limestone. This unique site consistently produces a Chardonnay with remarkable tension, precision, and drive. An especially dry finish to the season concentrated the fruit while also contributing to higher natural acidity and very low pH levels. The result is a saline, linear Chardonnay with powerful, crackling acidity.

“White flowers, crushed stone and almond paste follow through to a medium-bodied palate with bright acidity, lime and a crushed stone finish.”
93 points, James Suckling
Pyramid Valley Field of Fire Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley Lion's Tooth Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley Lion's Tooth Chardonnay 2024

Lion’s Tooth is situated on the mid-slope of the hill, where deep, well-structured clay-limestone soils consistently produce a Chardonnay of remarkable breadth, chalky tension, precision, and drive. The 2024 is an expansive, layered release with the depth of fruit well balanced by the saline energy typical of this block.

“Juicy, fresh and flamboyant – pure class, white stone, essence of nectarines, yuzu, with layer and layer of texture, fruit and purity – real class – needs another 12 months to evolve fully.”
95 points, Roger Jones, The Buyer
Pyramid Valley Lion's Tooth Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2024

Earth Smoke is situated on an expansive, east and south-east facing slope on strong, beautifully structured soils of 30% clay and 15% active lime. Naturally fermented in open-top oak fermenters, the 2024 is a very complex, alluring wine with all kinds of spice and savoury dark fruit on the nose and palate. Concentrated yet light on its feet at the same time, it’s expansive, layered and exceptionally long. A truly great example of Earth Smoke. Huw Kinch suspects it may be the best Pinot Noir he has made in his career to date. 


“So succulent and juicy with plum, strawberry and dried flower aromas and flavors. Medium-bodied, crunchy fruit with polished round tannins and a crisp finish. Really delicious and pretty.”
96 points, James Suckling
Pyramid Valley Earth Smoke Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley Snake's Tongue Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley Snake's Tongue Pinot Noir 2024

Snake’s Tongue is a specific block on Pyramid Valley’s Central Otago vineyard, in the Lowburn subregion. The soils here are deep, silty and lime rich, and consistently produce richly textured, yet fine Pinot Noir of great depth and finesse. In 2024, autumn arrived early and slowed everything down, giving it a longer, gentler run to harvest. The 2024 is a lovely example of this wine, with complex florals, five spice and spiced plum notes on the nose, and while the palate offers terrific depth and flesh, it’s also fresh and complex with fine-grained chalky tannins. Super.

“Plenty of blue fruits with raspberry and flint character. Violets too. It’s medium-bodied with a linear line and a crisp, crunchy sense of acidity. Orange peel and blossom too.”
96 points, James Suckling
Pyramid Valley Snake's Tongue Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley Angel Flower Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley Angel Flower Pinot Noir 2024

Angel Flower is situated on a beautiful, very steep, north-facing block on coarse, shallow soils of 20% clay and 3 to 7% active lime that enhance the aromatics. Hand-picked, hand-sorted and 100% destemmed, it was fermented with wild yeasts in open top concrete and oak fermenters. It’s a very impressive, deeper expression of Angel Flower in 2024. There are lifted florals and red fruit aromas leading to a full, fleshy and layered palate, with long, silky tannins and powerful, compact fruit. It will be something with age.

"The perfumes of strawberry, plum and orange peel with dried flowers follow through to a medium-bodied wine with fine tannins and a crunchy, succulent finish. How Burgundy used to be.”
96 points, James Suckling
Pyramid Valley Angel Flower Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2024

This is the first vintage of Pyramid Valley’s North Canterbury Chardonnay that includes a meaningful contribution from their new plantings at Waikari. This fruit brings added freshness, tension and a more chiseled feel to the wine. The fruit was hand-picked and hand-sorted before being crushed as whole bunches and gently pressed in a horizontal press. 

 

"Power meets elegance in the 2024 Chardonnay North Canterbury, which hits all the right notes. Unadulterated winemaking doesn't take away from its purity. The palate is focused and firm while maintaining finesse. A line of ripe, tangy acidity cuts through with bright resonance and direction. An intense concentration of intriguing aromas includes chamomile, lemon and herbs. At this stage, the 2024 is young and raw but serious, showing excellent potential for the future."
94 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
“Balanced, focused and well-structured, offering sliced apples, dried pears, wild herbs, curry and some flowers. Medium-bodied, citrusy and succulent, with vivid acidity and a salty element on the midpalate. Plenty of texture and tension in the long, flinty finish.”
94 points, Kevin Davy, James Suckling
"Tasted blind. Mild and possibly stony. High toned with excellent acidity – a really lovely, well-balanced drink with great intensity but fantastic acidity too. [I thought this was burgundy.]"
17.5 points, Jancis Robinson MW
Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Chardonnay 2024

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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2024

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Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2024

Predominantly from the Good Family vineyard on Georges Road, Waipara, on Glasnevin gravels, the wine also includes a small amount of fruit from the Pyramid Valley Waikari Vineyard, planted at 10,000 vines/ha in 2000 to 2002 on clay/limestone soils.

“Terrific aromas of black cherry and blackberry with lead pencil and spice follow through to a medium-bodied wine with a solid core of fruit and creamy tannins. I like the iodine and oyster shell undertones to this. Complex. Drink or hold. Screw cap.”
95 points, James Suckling
“The 2024 Pinot Noir North Canterbury has a surprisingly intense color for a variety that’s normally pale. Bright, primary fruit reminiscent of blackcurrant wine gums, plums and strawberries meets vanilla oak and festive spices derived from 12-18 months in French oak. Seamless, well-handled tannins provide texture and sinew. The finish is fragrant with medium length. Unadulterated and pure with minimal handling, this is a young, vibrant offering that you could approach now, but will develop extra layers of aromatic interest with bottle age.”
90 points, Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
Pyramid Valley North Canterbury Pinot Noir 2024

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“Some of the most compelling and singular single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir being made in New Zealand today.” Philip Rich, Halliday Magazine, on the 2024 Botanicals Collection 

 

“Pyramid Valley is focused very much on vineyard terroir, and as the wines gain more exposure, the differences will become more apparent. For serious wine geeks, this place is heaven.” Ken Gargett, The World of Fine Wine

 

“These are special wines for me... The wines are world class.” Dave Brookes, The Wine Companion

 

“These artisanal but lauded wines have become increasingly refined and stable, allowing them to age more consistently.” Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous

 

“You may think you know New Zealand wines but I can assure you that until you have tasted Pyramid Valley, you have no idea. The results speak for themselves: astonishingly good, terroir-expressive wines that will challenge all your preconceptions.” Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate

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