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From world renowned Clayvin Vineyard in the Southern Valleys, a certified organic Pinot Noir with excellent intensity and a structured foundation.
The journey of each Single Vineyard wine starts in a Marlborough vineyard selected for its unique terroir and climate. They are then nurtured with meticulous hands-on viticulture to ensure fruit produces highly concentrated flavour. Our winemaking expertise then allows these wines to speak for themselves, their purity becoming a showcase of the land.
Established in 1991, Clayvin Vineyard is a north facing hillside vineyard, the vineyard planting is high density. This density creates natural competition among the vines, reducing vigour, promoting root structure and intensity of flavour. It also means that the vineyard only produces ‘one bottle of Clayvin Pinot Noir per vine’.
This Single Vineyard Clayvin Pinot Noir is earthy, with wild strawberry and red cherry. It’s restrained with good intensity and a structured foundation, finishing with great length.
World renowned vineyard ‘Clayvin’ has historically set the standard for premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay production from Marlborough.
Clayvin vineyard is a living tribute to Marlborough’s viticultural history. Organic with 30 year old vines, clay soil, high density plantings deliver wines of great concentration and richness. Our finest wines from a distinctive, revered vineyard.
Southern Valleys, Marlborough - Clayvin Vineyard
After selective hand picking the wine is transferred to the winery and received a basket press.
Following five to 10 days of cold soaking it is left to ferment naturally with ferment temperatures peaking at 30-33C.
Basket pressed, then matured in 225-300L French Oak with a mix of new and second fill.
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Clayvin is a living tribute to Marlborough’s viticultural history. Certified organic and planted with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Syrah, this incredible site features 30-year-old vines, dense clay soil, high-density plantings, and receives the utmost care and attention befitting of our prized vineyard. Read more
Duncan has always loved science and the outdoors. Winemaking in Marlborough allows him to enjoy his two passions every day. Read more
The journey of each Single Vineyard wine starts in a Marlborough vineyard selected for its unique terroir and climate. They are then nurtured with meticulous hands-on viticulture to ensure fruit produces highly concentrated flavour. Our winemaking expertise then allows...
Read more"Elegant, supple Pinot Noir with cherry, berry, violet, dried herb and spicy oak flavours. It has a seductively smooth texture and an impressively lengthy finish that reveals a wine of subtle power. Accessible now with cellaring potential 2021-2025.
2016 Vintage, Reviewed January 2021."
Bob Campbell, Master of Wine
"2016 Giesen Single Vineyard Clayvin Pinot Noir (A$50/NZ$60) found strong support from Murphy, who wrote: “A youthful nose displaying red cherry, blue stone fruits, rhubarb, pomegranate and a splash of Campari for a perfectly bitter edge. Savoury palate heightened by herbal and rosehip notes. Continues with the excellent red fruit core finishing with fine chalky tannins.” I found the fruit distinctly ripe, nicely matching the opulent, fleshy palate. It’s barely showing development, suggesting it will gain complexity over several years.
2016 Vintage, Reviewed May 2021."
Gourmet Traveller Wine - Top NZ Pinot Noirs
"Plum aromatics with hints of tea leaf and smoke. Attractively refined palate, red fruit and oak.
2017 Vintage; Reviewed July 2021."
Decanter World Wine Awards
"This is plush and oaky, with cedar, vanilla and baking spices layered atop cherry-berry fruit. The midpalate is rich and round, while the finish is a bit astringent. Try in 2019.
2013 Vintage, Reviewed March 2018."
Joe Czerwinski - Wine Enthusiast Magazine
"2013 Vintage: From this famed vineyard at high density planting (about 8,000 vines/ha), the vines were crop-thinned to minuscule 1 kg/vine. Glorious aromas of dark fruit, game, black olive and truffle lead to a powerful yet graceful palate that is seamless and expansive. The wine exhibits awesome presence on the palate with rich mouthfeel and loads of fine, grainy tannins. Bold and stylish, and finishes extremely long. At its best: now to 2025."
Sam Kim - Wine Orbit
"2013 Vintage: Deep ruby, the beautiful 2013 vintage is sweet-fruited and concentrated, with impressive structure and harmony. Powerful, dense and silky, it has lovely flow across the palate, with a lingering finish"
Michael Cooper Buyer’s Guide
"2013 Vintage: This beautiful wine went straight to a five-star rating on all of the judges’ score-sheets. Deep ruby, it is sweet-fruited and concentrated, with impressive structure and harmony. Powerful, dense, silky and lingering, with lovely flow across the palate, it was praised by one panellist as ‘great!’"
Winestate
"2012 Vintage: Giesen now leases the hillside Clayvin vineyard that was once exclusively used by Fromm vineyards. This is a refined, elegant and quite linear pinot noir with dense, ripe plum, cherry and mineral flavours. It showcases a seasoning of spice including anise, plus a delicious undercurrent of toasty and savoury characters that could possibly be oak derived. This pinot noir is firmly structured and, although it can be appreciated now, I have no doubt that it will deliver so much more in just a few years time."
Bob Campbell - Gourmet Traveller Wine
"2015 Vintage: Exquisitely composed and perfectly proportioned, this stunning pinot exhibits dark fruit, game, violet, cedar and mixed spice aromas with nuances of cocoa and dark mushrooms. The palate delivers magnificent fruit weight and intensity, while remaining refined and restrained. A wine of great presence and style. At its best: 2019 to 2027."
Sam Kim - Wine Orbit
