Chard Farm River Run Pinot Noir 2016

Our winemaking philosophy is driven by the premise that we enjoy drinking interesting wines rather than tasting special wines. We make our wines to be enjoyed with food, conversation and contemplation. We do not enter competitions; so our wines tend to demand some interaction with the drinker, they do not deliver everything on offer in the first mouthful.

Generally, we try to make wines that are complex and interesting, textural and elegant, wine that shows good fruit/acid balance and genuine flavour length. Fortunately in Central Otago we are blessed with some of the best cool climate grapes to be found anywhere. The grapes are always very clean and display vivid and expressive flavours. The natural cool climate acid we have in the juice keeps the flavours pure and bright. John Wallace, Chard Farm Winemaker, November 2011

River Run is our Central Otago regional Pinot Noir made from grapes grown in our vineyards in different sub-regions of Central Otago. The deep alpine valleys and waterways of Central Otago have carved the land available for grape growing into quite distinct sub-regions. Each pocket of land has its own unique climate and soil mix producing quite different styles of Pinot Noir. River Run captures the character of each of the sub-regions where our vineyards are planted. Lowburn gives us bright, fresh sweet fruit, Gibbston savory and herbal tones, and Parkburn brings good texture and mineral length.