Staete Landt ‘state of grace’ Marlborough, Pinot Noir
One of my favourite NZ Pinots. Rich raspberry dominate the nose with a round and mouth-wateringly soft palate. Just a small amount of new French oak makes this wine stand head and shoulders above the other Pinots from Marlborough.
Grape – Pinot Noir
Country – New Zealand
Region – Marlborough
ABV – 13%
Bottle Size - 750ml
Ruud Maasdam founded Staete Landt in 1998 with the vision of making intensely flavoured, complex and 100% estate grown wines from their 21 hectare vineyard on the ‘Golden Mile’ in Rapaura Marlborough.
Staete Landt is the old Dutch name given to New Zealand by Abel Tasman when he discovered the island in 1642. It means: “Land discovered in honour of the Governors (Staete) of the Dutch Republic”. On his voyage Abel Tasman also discovered Tasmania (Van Diemen Land), Fiji and Tonga. On his return to the Dutch Republic it was decided to change Staete Landt to its present name.
The Staete Landt Vineyard was designed to produce single vineyard, hand made wines with complexity through thorough use of clone, rootstock and soil variation.
The major focus is on the vineyard where healthy, balanced vines, will in turn deliver consistently ripe fruit with distinct Marlborough flavours. Through shoot thinning, bunch thinning and manual leaf plucks they concentrate on low yields in order to grow intensely flavoured grape berries.