Villa Maria Reserve Pinot Noir 2020

This is gorgeously ripe and impressively complex on the nose showing ripe cherry, warm mushroom, toasted spice, hazelnut and game nuances, leading to a silky-smooth palate that’s succulent and wonderfully flavoursome. It’s plush and velvety with layers of delicious flavours. At its best: now to 2030. Score – 96. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, Dec. 2021)