LEEFIELD STATION PINOT NOIR 2025

TASTING NOTE

Our Leefield Station Pinot Noir reveals vibrant aromas of wild red berries, delicate floral notes, and a subtle hint of mocha. The palate is layered with ripe red fruit flavours, where natural sweetness is beautifully balanced by bright acidity. Silky tannins lend texture and elegance, carrying the wine through to a long, refined finish.

FOOD MATCHING

Roasted pork, lamb or duck will pair wonderfully with this Pinot Noir, accompanied by roasted potatoes, mushrooms and spring vegetables.

CELLARING POTENTIAL

Crafted to be enjoyed within 3 – 5 years of vintage date.

ORIGIN

Leefield Station, Waihopai Valley, Marlborough.

VARIETY

100% Pinot Noir.

WINEMAKING

Lovingly hand-picked fruit was predominately de-stemmed without crushing into small open top fermentation tanks. Some whole clusters were included in select batches to add complexity and length to the final assemblage. The grapes were cold soaked for 5-7 days before a rapid, warm fermentation. The ferments were handplunged 3 to 4 times each day to keep the skins in intimate contact with the fermenting juice.

They were then left to macerate for an additional week post-ferment to ensure optimum flavour development and integrated tannin extraction.

The young wines were drained and pressed before being aged in French oak puncheons for 9 months, during which time they underwent full malolactic fermentation. This wine was blended and filtered in late summer before bottling in March 2025.

ANALYSIS

• Alcohol - 14%
• pH - 3.63
• Titratable Acidity - 5.4g/L
• Residual Sugar - 0.2g/L
• Vegan Certified

VINTAGE

Vintage 2025 will be remembered as one of Marlborough’s larger harvests due to near optimal flowering and fruit set conditions during the final months of 2024.
The 2025 growing season began with budburst under warm, sunny weather, allowing vines to make full use of the ample soil moisture retained from winter and the
majority of spring was fortunately frost free.

Throughout the early part of the season, Marlborough experienced warm, sunny, and relatively dry conditions, despite a few intense rain events in late October and again mid to late December. The key summer ripening period continued this pattern of favourable weather—warm, sunny, and dry—even though January ranked among the coolest since 2000.

Harvest commenced under sunny skies in March and concluded a month later.

Leefield Station has a mission of showcasing the best of Marlborough in one amazing property. Delicious grapes, well-kept sheep, cattle, and pigs – all alongside flourishing native bush sheltering productive beehives and teeming flora and fauna. It is nature co-existing perfectly – helping each other, in an amazing eco-system of its own.

Because we believe this is what modern farming looks like.