COLOUR
Red
TYPE
Still
VINTAGE
2024
GRAPE
Pinot Noir
PRODUCER
Schubert Wines
REGION
Wairarapa
CHARACTERISTICS
Body
Medium
Sweetness
Dry
Acidity
Medium - High
Finish
Medium - Long
Intensity
Mid - Pronounced
Tannins
AROMAS & FLAVOURS
ABOUT THIS WINE
Schubert Wines was founded in 1998 by German-trained winemakers Kai Schubert and Marion Deimling, graduates of the prestigious Geisenheim University. After a global search for the perfect Pinot Noir terroir, they established their estate in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand's North Island. The region's cool, windy climate and dry autumns provide ideal conditions for low yields of highly concentrated fruit. The 2024 vintage is celebrated as a benchmark year in Wairarapa, characterized by a cool spring that naturally reduced crop sizes, followed by a warm, dry summer that allowed for slow, exceptionally even ripening and superb phenolic maturity.
ALCOHOL
13.5%
AVG. PRICE
€26
STYLE
Classic
VEGAN
YES
SULPHITES
When to drink
Now or Later
Ideal temperature
15-17°C
INTERESTING FACTS
Fact 01
Founders Kai Schubert and Marion Deimling searched globally before choosing Wairarapa as the ultimate terroir for Pinot Noir.
Fact 02
To avoid extracting harsh seed bitterness, no pumps are used; juice is transferred to the press gravity-style using a crane.
Fact 03
The estate's vineyards are planted in an ultra-dense European style, maximizing vine competition and fruit concentration.
FOOD PAIRING
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WINE MAKING PROCESS
The winemaking process at Schubert Estate emphasizes minimal intervention and gentle handling. Grapes are hand-picked and sorted in the vineyard using shallow baskets to prevent premature crushing. In the cellar, the fruit is 100% de-stemmed but kept as whole berries. Following a cold maceration, fermentation occurs in small-batch, temperature-controlled stainless steel vats, with the juice remaining on the skins for approximately three weeks. To avoid extracting harsh seed bitterness, gravity flow is utilized instead of pumps to transfer the juice to the press. The wine is aged for 18 months in French oak barriques (35% new) where it undergoes malolactic fermentation, and is bottled unfined with only a coarse filtration.
