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Burn Cottage, Pinot Noir Moonlight Race Central Otago, 2024

Red Wine from New Zealand, New Zealand
by Burn Cottage
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Moonlight Race blends Pinot Noir from three Burn Cottage estate vineyards—the Burn Cottage Vineyard in Lowburn and the Sauvage and Sappa Vineyards in Bannockburn—creating a composite portrait of Central Otago's richest terroirs. Named for the legendary local event, this wine combines fruit from different microclimates and soil types: free-draining sandy loams of broken-down schist and granite. Vinified with 20% new oak and spending an average of 18 days in fermentation, Moonlight Race shows the lush, velvety texture Burn Cottage achieves through biodynamic farming and minimal cellar intervention. The 2024 vintage delivers ripe strawberries, citrus peel, and polished stone, with a creamy mouthfeel and refined tannins.

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More about Burn Cottage

There are few wine regions as breathtakingly beautiful as New Zealand’s South Island. It should come as no surprise that from this astonishing landscape come some of the New World’s finest Pinot Noirs. The best we’ve tasted in recent history are those from Central Otago’s Burn Cottage—remarkably pure, lithe and lovely wines made by Ted Lemon, who is also responsible for the gorgeous, terroir-driven wines at California’s Littorai.

Burn Cottage’s vineyards are in a natural amphitheatre, located in a glacial valley that protects the vines from the elements. Biodynamic from the onset, the estate's central belief is to farm responsibly, acting more like an extension of the earth than an outside force. A wine cannot show its distinctive terroir if the land on which it’s grown is mistreated or treated without respect.

Before they were vineyards, Burn Cottage's plots were used to graze sheep. Stereotypically New Zealand! While there aren’t any sheep these days, biodiversity remains a cornerstone of the estate, and a good chunk of the land is a fully-functioning farm, with chickens, bees and olive trees dotting the terrain.

And the wines! Ted was, after all, the first American to run a Burgundian estate, so he knows his Pinot Noir. These are classical in nature, but with an easygoing spirit—a hallmark of New Zealand, its people and its wine.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Pinot Noir

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Skurnik Wines has to say about this wine:

100% Pinot NoirSourced from 40% Burn Cottage Vineyard, 34% from the Sauvage Vineyard and 26% from Sappa Vineyard, ranging from 5-23 yearsHand-harvestedFermented for around 18 days with indigenous yeast, 5% whole bunchAged for 12 months in French oak (Damy, Mercurey & Sylvain cooperages), 20% newBottled unfiltered and unfinedMoonlight Race is named after a channel of water that passes through the Burn Cottage property; one of the hundreds of “races” which were created during the early years of European immigration to bring water down from the mountains

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roasted duck, grilled lamb chops, beef tenderloin, mushroom risotto, roasted vegetables, charcuterie

Tasting Profile

Ripe strawberries, sliced oranges with peel, lime, polished stone. Medium body, creamy refined tannins, balanced acidity. Caressing, elegant finish. Drink 2024-2032.

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