2012 New Zealand

New Zealand’s Doctors Flat is a genuine artisanal wine, produced from a small organic vineyard in Central Otago. It appears that the 2012 vintage was a huge success in the region – an area rapidly developing into one of the world’s finest for the Pinot Noir grape variety.

The first release was 2008. Since then, and as the vines have developed, Doctors Flat has begun to develop great character, described as "a slightly spicy, violet, blackberry component” evident in all the releases to date. Production is very limited to around 1800-2000 bottles annually.

This wine is developing a cult following over the past few years and has gained praise from the trade and wine critics the world over : “Steve Davies makes one of Central’s loveliest Pinots…” according to Jane Skilton MW. This will be a lovely wine to keep for the next 3+ years and is one of the best expressions of Central Otago Pinot Noir we have come across.

"A beautiful mid red, glowing with fruit. Very fine balanced bouquet, a little touch of raspberry with some ripe cherry notes. Very suave yet energetic rather than smooth, this is brilliant! Mouth filling but discreet, ripe by not sweet, this is a coming of age wine for the region."
Jasper Morris MW, New Zealand Buyer

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2012 Syrah has a great core of plums and blackberry preserves with black pepper, dried herbs and licorice accents. Medium-bodied with remarkable texture - both velvety and grainy - it offers mouth-filling pepper laced flavors and a lively acid backbone, finishing long.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Wine Advocate - eRobertParker.com - Jan 2015