Main Divide Pinot Noir
$2999each
$359DOZEN
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury Waipara
  New Zealand
Each $29.99
$359.00
Available in cartons of six
Main Divide is the mighty range of Southern Alps which form the backbone of Te Wai Pounamu. The highly accomplished Pegasus Bay team work with good local growers to realize harvests of the finest fruit. Pinot Noir is assembled from a handful of choice vineyards planted to unique terroirs, which can speak of the world's most challenging mesoclimes. An artisanal Burgundy style vinification achieves a rich and seductive Pinot wine, endowed with savoury meat and trade spice characters, integrated oak and harmonious tannins.
Harvests are collated from select vines planted to a mixture of clay and stony soils. Good exposure to sunlight in the lee of the southern Alps is essential to keeping the fruit healthy and well ventilated, achieving optimal ripening. Grapes are destemmed into small fermenting vats, retaining as many whole berries as possible. Several days of cold settling are followed by a wild indigenous yeast vinification. The fermenting caps are submerged twice daily for optimal extractions. Upon completion, components are held on skins for several weeks, infusing complexity and enhancing textures, before transfer into a selection of Burgundian coopered French oak barriques for malolactic and a year's maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Bright ruby hue. Raspberry, bramble and black cherry nose, hints of cinnamon, liquorice, wood smoke and barbecued meat. A generously fruit filled palate supported by a spine of muscular ripe tannins, contributing vibrancy and length. Dark plum, truffles and spice, earthy flavours and underlying power. Match with coq au vin, barbeques and slow cooked game.
Wines by Pegasus Bay
Main Divide Pinot Noir
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury Waipara
  New Zealand
  Each $29.99
  $359.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Aria Late Picked Riesling
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $58.99
  $707.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Bel Canto Dry Riesling
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $53.99
  $647.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Chardonnay
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $55.99
  $671.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Encore Noble Riesling 375ml
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $50.99
  $611.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Finale Noble Semillon Sauvignon 375ml
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Semillon SauvBlanc
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $50.99
  $611.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Merlot Cabernet
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit CabernetSauv Merlot
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $44.99
  $539.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $66.99
  $803.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Pinot Noir
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Pinot Noir
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $124.99
  $1499.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Riesling
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Riesling
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $42.99
  $515.00
Available in cartons of six
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Pegasus Bay Sauvignon Semillon
WineryPegasus Bay
Fruit Sauvignon Blanc
Regions Canterbury
  New Zealand
  Each $44.99
  $539.00
Available in cartons of six
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About Pegasus Bay Wines
The Donaldson family have been seriously involved in wine since the early 1970s and were pioneers of local grape growing and wine making in the South Island's Waipara
Associate Professor and Consultant Neurologist, Ivan Donaldson, is a wine writer and wine judge. He also oversees viticulture and wine styles. His wife, Christine, is business manager and as a passionate opera lover, organises annual operatic concerts in Pegasus Bay's natural amphitheatre. Their eldest son, Matthew, did an oenology degree and a postgraduate diploma in viticulture at Roseworthy College in Australia. He and his partner Lynnette Hudson, who graduated with distinction from Lincoln University with a postgraduate diploma in oenology and viticulture, are the winemakers. Pegasus Bay»