Dry River Pinot Noir Martinborough GI

Martinborough GI, New Zealand

Dr. Neil McCallum's Dry River is Martinborough's most enigmatic producer — a tiny estate producing wines of extraordinary finesse and longevity from 40-year-old Pinot Noir vines. The wine shows the gravelly terroir of the Martinborough terrace: translucent ruby with ethereal aromas of dried cherry, sandalwood, and smoked earth. The palate is impossibly delicate yet persistent — fine as dust, long as memory.

Pairing intelligence

• main: Dry River's ethereal, long-lived Pinot Noir rewards the finest game bird preparations — the wine's dried cherry and smoked earth character is in perfect register with the truffle and foie sauce
• cheese: New Zealand's most complex Pinot Noir paired with aged local sheep's milk cheese — a Martinborough terroir pairing with purity and restraint on both sides