Burn Cottage - Moonlight Race Pinot Noir 2024 (750ml)
Price: $55.99
| Producer | Burn Cottage |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | South Island |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Sku | 205413 |
| Size | 750ml |
 |
100% Pinot Noir
Sourced from 40% Burn Cottage Vineyard, 34% from the Sauvage Vineyard and 26% from Sappa Vineyard, ranging from 5-23 years
Hand-harvested
Fermented for around 18 days with indigenous yeast, 5% whole bunch
Aged for 12 months in French oak (Damy, Mercurey & Sylvain cooperages), 20% new
Bottled unfiltered and unfined
Moonlight Race is named after a channel of water that passes through the Burn Cottage property; one of the hundreds of “races” which were created during the early years of European immigration to bring water down from the mountains
Burn Cottage Description
The Moonlight Race name comes from a water pathway which passes through our Burn Cottage Property, one of the hundreds of water channels, “races”, which were created during the early years of European immigration to bring water down from the mountains around us. The Moonlight Race ebbs and flows during our seasons, its beginnings held in melted snow and rain high in the Pisa Mountain Range, 1100-1600 Metres above the Burn Cottage property. In our work with biodynamic farming, using the moon phases is an important part of how we farm our own property and vineyard.
Moonlight Race is solely about our three unique estate vineyards: Burn Cottage Vineyard in Lowburn, and the Sauvage & Luna Vineyards in Bannockburn. The combination of these three sites produces a vibrant expression of classic Central Otago Pinot Noir The wines were nurtured using our traditional care and attention, through Indigenous ferments in our winery, and bottled after 12 months in French Oak.
James Suckling: 96 Points
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
