Traditional plum, cherry and earthy spice characters. The palate is complex and meaty, with vibrant fruit core and savoury bay leaf notes. A serious Pinot Noir, with great textural interest.
Best known in Burgundy, Oregon, New Zealand
The great red grape of Burgundy. Cherry, raspberry, earthy and floral notes, with silky tannins and fresh acidity. Notoriously hard to grow well, but capable of extraordinary elegance, and a key grape in Champagne and English sparkling wine.
New Zealand
The world's Sauvignon Blanc capital. Intense, vibrant, herbaceous and tropical all at once — the Wairau and Awatere Valleys produce some of the most immediately recognisable white wine on the planet. Pinot Noir is increasingly serious; Pinot Gris and Riesling are underrated.
Marlborough, New Zealand
Will and Rachel Hoare make Novum in Marlborough. Mentored along the way from study to vintage work to winegrowing, they look for small pockets of really good grapes, of any variety. Love Wine stocks their 2020 Pinot Noir.
More from Novum →Both of William and Rachel Hoare have been lucky to have been mentored by some really clever and special people. They feel like they have been passed from gentle hand to gentle hand as they have worked their way from study to vintage worker to winegrower. While Novum encompasses all that they have learned in the past it is really about what they can deliver going forward. Their desire is to find opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have access too; to find small pockets of really good grapes (of any variety), then make many and varied wines that you would feel confident about sharing with friends. They want to keep you informed as they push boundaries with new ideas that will in time shape the future of Novum. For Will and Rachel it is not about ticking an obvious box. Of being organic or biodynamic, interventionist or non-interventionist winemakers. Instead for them it is about taking the best learnings from all areas of the winemaking and viticultural process and applying them to make the best wines they possibly can.
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