If you have ever had a cheeky wee red at the B:HIVE Friday drinks (don’t we all miss it!), chances are it may have been from one of our fellow B:HIVEr’s Toi Toi Wines.
You might be interested to know that Toi Toi’s Pinot Noir Clutha 2020 has won a gold medal in the recent New World Wine Awards. That means it scored 95 points and is one of the top 50 wines across all varietals.
Kevin Joyce, the principal of Toi Toi who you will (usually) find with his team on Level Two, is delighted as it’s the first time the pinot noir has been entered in the awards for wines under $25. But winemaker and viticulturalist Tim Adams is even more chuffed after having to deal with challenging grape growing conditions, coupled with COVID-19 restrictions.
“I kind of let the wine make itself,” he says. “It’s wild fermented and we did gentle plunging, treating the fruit with gentle hands. We wanted to enhance the fruit, not over extract the tannins.”
Congratulations to the Toi Toi team. We can’t wait to taste it… if there’s any left after shoppers get the score. It is on special at New World stores this month at $21.99 or at Blackmarket.