Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2021 Barbaresco Paired with: Domaine Aegerter Bourgogne

Paired with: Domaine Aegerter Bourgogne Hautes Cotes De Nuits "Les Petites Corvées" Rouge 2023

burning embers and pencil lead

On the palate are concentrated flavours of jalapeño and lemongrass

still "in the making"

Main: Kurobota Pork Cutlet with Karashi Tonkatsu Sauce

Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Pinot Noir 2021 Barbaresco Paired with: Domaine Aegerter Bourgogne91 100 Wine Enthusiast A rich, high octane Marlborough Pinot, this offers oodles of ripe berry fruit, a touch of meaty savoriness and a sweet oak note from the get go. A full figured, luscious palate is lifted by nice acidity and tightened by muscular tannins. Still a baby, this is best drunk 20252031. Grown on the Northern Bank of the Awatere River, the varying gravel and silt soils of Taylors Pass Vineyard create intriguing, complex wines. This