Village Pinot Noir 2016

Kumeu is a wine-growing sub-region of Auckland on New Zealand's North Island. The small towns of Kumeu, Huapai and Waimauku, 26km northwest of the Auckland central business district, are home to a handful of boutique wineries and popular cellar. Taut, elegant white wines made here from Chardonnay are widely regarded to be some of New Zealand's best.

Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder, Pinot Nero, Blauburgunder, Blauer Arbst, Blauer Spätburgunder, Burgunder, Cortaillod, Mário Feld, Mário Feld Tinto, Morillon, Morillon Noir, Mourillon, Savagnin Noir or Salvagnin Noir)is a red wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes. The name is derived from the French words for pine and black. The word pine alludes to the grape variety having tightly clustered, pine cone-shaped bunches of fruit.