Oyster Bay
Marlborough Pinot Noir
A whole new world of flavour.
Fragrant dark cherry with juicy black plum, elegant and silky.
Recently awarded 90 points by James Suckling.
Our first vintage of Pinot Noir was coined ‘the elusive stuff of dreams’ by UK wine writer Giles Kime. A youthful expressiveness, with seductive silky complexity and dark fruit flavours from our vineyards across the Marlborough region.
With Pinot Noir the fruit is always the primary focus. Marlborough’s warm days and cool nights make it an ideal climate for growing the famously temperamental grape. Matured in French oak barrels the result is fragrant, soft, and flavorful, with aromas of ripe cherries and sweet fruit tannins that provide structure and length. Elegant, cool climate Pinot Noir at its best.
As a founding member of Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand, we have always recognized nature as the true producer of our wines.
Awards and Accolades
Technical Information
Winemaking Techniques
Oyster Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir, New Zealand – Awards and Accolades
2023 JAMES SUCKLING, USA - 2022 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED 90 POINTS
James Suckling spent nearly 30 years as Senior Editor and European Bureau Chief of Wine Spectator. Rated by Forbes as “one of the world’s most powerful wine critics."
2023 CHINA WINE AND SPIRITS AWARD - 2022 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL
The CWSA (China Wine & Spirits Awards) is the biggest & most prestigious wine & spirits competition in China.
2023 DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS - 2021 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED 90 POINTS
DWWA has firmly established itself as the world’s largest and most influential wine competition.
2021 JAMES SUCKLING, USA - 2019 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED 91 POINTS
James Suckling spent nearly 30 years as Senior Editor and European Bureau Chief of Wine Spectator. Rated by Forbes as “one of the world’s most powerful wine critics.”
2020 INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE, UNITED KINGDOM - 2019 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED 95 POINTS AND A GOLD MEDAL
Now in its 38th year, the International Wine Challenge (IWC) is accepted as the world's most rigorous, impartial and influential annual wine competition.
2019 JAMES SUCKLING, USA - 2018 OYSTER BAY PINOT NOIR - AWARDED 90 POINTS
James Suckling spent nearly 30 years as Senior Editor and European Bureau Chief of Wine Spectator. Rated by Forbes as “one of the world’s most powerful wine critics.”
Oyster Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir, New Zealand – Technical Information
With Pinot Noir the fruit is always the primary focus. Each vineyard block is harvested as a separate parcel and treated individually at each stage of the winemaking process. This enables us to tailor traditional winemaking techniques to the wine, providing elegance and complexity.
We use a combination of barrel and tank fermentation and mature the wine in a range of new and older French oak.
Oyster Bay Pinot Noir is elegant, cool climate Pinot Noir at its best. Fragrant, soft and flavourful red wine, with aromas of ripe cherries and sweet fruit tannins that provide structure and length.
Oyster Bay Marlborough Pinot Noir, New Zealand – Winemaking Techniques
Our winemaking philosophy is to capture the special character of New Zealand’s cool climate viticulture – to consistently produce distinctly regional wines that are elegant and assertive with glorious fruit flavours.
The flavours we love so much are there from the moment we pick the grapes. They come from the unique cool climate and ancient soils where our vines grow and we work hard, using a science and a love of the land to create remarkable flavours in every bunch.
We call these elegant and assertive wines with glorious fruit flavours.
Uniquely New Zealand, undeniably Oyster Bay.
