Wild Hare Pinot Noir
Many fine wines are blended from vineyards in the various sub-regions of Central Otago, but single estate wines like Wild Hare remain rare.
Our tiny, hillside vineyard gets excellent exposure to the vibrant Central Otago sun for optimum ripeness and the vines are reaching an age to add even greater complexity to this rich and elegant wine.
Sean Brennan, winemaker, has crafted a smooth yet powerful wine. Ripe plum and dusty briar on the nose mingle with blackberry, coffee and dark chocolate on the palate. Rich purity of fruit, savoury cinnamon notes and fine minerality showcase the finesse of Gibbston grown fruit. Firm yet silky tannins carry the wine through a persistent, elegant finish..
Pinots from the Gibbston sub-region are consistently among New Zealand’s most awarded, but with annual production of less than 200 cases of Wild Hare, we don't enter competitions.
We’d rather save the wine for those, who like us, have been seduced by the pleasures of Wild Hare.
Leveret Pinot Rosé
Leveret is French for young hare. We only began producing a rose’ in 2012. After experiencing excellent rose’ wines in Provence, we believed it was possible to make a Wild Hare Rose that would improve on many of the local rose’s.
We followed the same meticulous viticulture used for our pinot noir and took no short-cuts. Much to the delight of our customers, we were able to produce a wine that was dry in style and delivered on flavour.
We only produce 100 cases annually which always sell out before the summer ends. At first, the rose’ was primarily consumed in the summer, but each year its appeal widens due to its versatility.
It is perfectly suited for drinking on its own, yet it has enough body to stand up to a variety of summer foods. Enjoy it with pizza!
The 2017 Wild Hare Leveret Rose’ was produced by the much-awarded Pete Bartle. He is credited as the winemaker for the only two rose’ wines to win Gold medals at the Air New Zealand Wine Show. Like our Pinot Noir, we do not enter shows with the rose’, but prefer to let our customers give us the Gold.
