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'Delicious but light on its feet': ME by Matahiwi Pinot Noir

Author
Cameron Douglas ,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 12:13pm
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'Delicious but light on its feet': ME by Matahiwi Pinot Noir

Author
Cameron Douglas ,
Publish Date
Sat, 4 Oct 2025, 12:13pm

ME by Matahiwi Pinot Noir 2024, Wairarapa  

RRP from $21.00  

This is a complete wine from nose to palate with a generous core of red berry fruits flavours, a decent structure with fine tannins that are easy to dissolve on the palate, and a fresh line of acidity both framing the fruit core.  

Crunchy, fresh, fruity, varietal and loaded with flavours of cherry and fruit spice. Low oak, tautness from youthful, polished tannins and BB of acidity.   

  

Food:  

I think best enjoyed with a range of aperitif foods like arancini with a little kalamata olive inside. This is also very good with prawn ravioli dressed with a crayfish bisque sauce and cherry tomato. Or a simple Cacio Pepe spaghetti dressed with parmesan cheese and olive oil.   

  

The Vintage:   

In the Wairarapa: Rather excellent with a very good flowering and fruit set. Careful vineyard management led to a great harvest and subsequent winemaking meant the measure of winemaker inputs like wood were very judicious and alongside the level of tannins, acidity and fruit make for a love wine to look out for.  

 

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