Shangri-La Pinot Noir 2023

Art Label

Shangri-La Pinot Noir 2023

A glowing sunset and a glass of Shangri-La Pinot Noir at the seaside village of Mapua - the perfect end to a busy day. 

Entitled "Sunset at Mapua Wharf", this label is part of our art series featuring works by Nelson artist Michelle Bellamy. The painting was commissioned to celebrate the vibrant beauty of the Nelson region. 

 

$29.00 NZD

Tasting Notes

After twelve months in barrel, the Shangri-La Pinot Noir 2023 boasts ripe red fruit, spice and classy French oak. Savoury earthiness and gentle tannins lead into a long finish.

Read Winemaker’s Notes
Oil painting titled "Sunset at Mapua Wharf" by Michelle Bellamy showing the channel between Mapua and Rabbit Island in the warm red evening glow. There is a sailing boat moored in the channel with its reflection on the water.

Nelson art to the world

Shangri-La stands for harmony, bright colours, vibrancy and incredibly intense flavours. We initiated the art series containing Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir to show-case these unique Nelson traits to the Japanese export market.

Contemporary Nelson landscape artist Michelle Bellamy created the paintings for the labels. Through precision brushwork and careful layering she captured the essence of the magnificent Nelson region.

Our Japanese wine importers Yumi Toyama and Masaki Tokunaga enjoying a meal in Mapua. Both are smiling and Yumi is wearing a bright pink coat.

Reviews

4 Stars Michael Cooper, michaelcooperwines.com

Drinking well now, the 2023 vintage was estate-grown at Blackenbrook, hand-harvested, and matured for a year in French oak barrels (30 per cent new). Ruby hued, it is fragrant and supple, with balanced acidity and moderately concentrated, ripe cherry, spice and nut flavours, showing very good balance and complexity. From a heavy-cropping season, it lacks the richness of a top vintage, but is savoury and harmonious.

Isabelle Schwarzenbach picking white grapes. She's working on a very old vine with a large trunk. The grass and leaf canopy are vibrant green and the sun is shining.

The season

Our 20th year of growing grapes at Blackenbrook Vineyard!

Mother Nature gave us beautiful spring weather for flowering and pollination, setting us up for a good crop.

Summer was quite wet and the vines grew at a crazy pace. We kept mowing, trimming and leaf-plucking the fruit zone but it was a real struggle to stay on top of the phenomenal growth.

Going into harvest the fruit was clean but extremely fragile – and so were our nerves. But two weeks of stunning autumn weather was all we needed to hand-pick our biggest crop ever with beautiful ripeness and flavours – a challenging season with a happy ending.