2021 Omaka Reserve Pinot Noir, Saint Clair

The Moonlit Marlborough Reserve

This is Pinot Noir with darkness, perfume and a beautifully polished edge. From Saint Clair’s Reserve range, the estate’s pinnacle selection, it opens with concentrated black cherry, blackcurrant and plum, then gathers notes of Kalamata olive, wildflowers, spice and toasty oak. There is generosity here, but also control, as if all that fruit has been carefully tailored into something sleek and composed.

The palate is elegant and richly detailed, with fine tannins that feel almost like powdered cocoa. Dark berries, roasted coffee beans and subtle oak spice move through the wine, while Marlborough's freshness keeps everything lifted and precise. The finish is long, savoury and quietly luxurious. It is drinking beautifully now, but there is enough structure and depth to develop further over the next 8 to 10 years.

For when you want Pinot Noir with silk, shadow and a little after-dark glamour.
Pairs with duck breast, lamb rump, mushroom Wellington, venison with blackberry sauce, roast beetroot, or a truffled cheese toastie.
If this wine were… a texture, it would be dark velvet brushed with cocoa powder.

Saint Clair Family Estate is one of Marlborough’s modern benchmarks, founded by Neal and Judy Ibbotson, whose family were among the region’s early grape growers. Since its first vintage in 1994, Saint Clair has built an exceptional reputation for precision, consistency and award-winning quality, particularly through its ability to match specific vineyard sites to expressive, characterful wines. The Omaka Reserve Pinot Noir sits at the top of the estate’s Pinot Noir range, described by Saint Clair as its very finest Pinot Noir, usually sourced from a single Southern Valleys vineyard and made for elegance, power, perfume and long-term complexity.