Nanny Goat 'Super Nanny' Pinot Noir 2021

I was lucky enough to attend the Fourth Biennial Nanny Goat Benchmark tasting in August (2024). Nanny Goat puts these events as a benchmarking exercise and compares their own releases against a flight on pinot noirs from all over the world. The Super Nanny was in the 'Best of the Best' category and was up against such wines as Premier Cru Burgundy from Chambolle, a premium Californian pinot noir and even one of the best pinot noir's from Tasmania. The Super Nanny was universally acclaimed as not only the best wine in the flight but also the wine of the day by wine industry attendees.

A blend of 2 parcels from the PIsa (63%) and Queensberry (37%) vineyards, the nose is very appealing and lifted with broody black plums, dark florals and baking spices. On the palate there's a great concentration of fruit that with elements of clove and spice and a mineral undertow that sits behind. Alan and the team at Nanny Goat have managed to keep all the pieces in place with so much power and elegance in equal measures, a terrific example of a structured and full bodied Otago Pinot Noir, Cameron Roebuck, FWC.