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Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir
Pegaus Bay is rated as one of the top 5 producers in New Zealand - Robert Parker
This rich, ruby coloured wine has a sensuous bouquet and flavour. There are fruit motifs of black cherries, purple plums and blackberries, intertwined with more savory flavors emphasizing roast meats, grilled mushrooms and black olives. Enveloping these are impression of chocolate mocha and cinnamon. It is both mouth filling and rich, but yet supple, athletic and lithe.
The Donaldson family have been seriously involved in wine since the early 1970's and were pioneers of local grape growing and wine making. Associate Professor and Consultant Neurologist, Ivan Donaldson, is a wine writer and wine judge. He also oversees viticulture and wine styles. His wife, Christine, is business manager and as a passionate opera lover, organises annual operatic concerts in Pegasus Bay's natural amphitheatre.
Their eldest son, Matthew, did an oenology degree and a postgraduate diploma in viticulture at Roseworthy College in Australia. He and his partner Lynnette Hudson, who graduated with distinction from Lincoln University with a postgraduate diploma in oenology and viticulture, are the winemakers. Matthew supervises the reds and Lynnette oversees the whites. Another son, Edward Donaldson, is marketing manager and, as a trained chef, supervises the Pegasus Bay Vineyard restaurant. Pegasus Bay is an entirely family-owned and operated enterprise.
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