{"title":"Felton Road: The DRC of New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIf Central Otago was the Côte de Nuits, then Bannockburn would likely be Vosne-Romanée and I’m going to hang it right out and say that Felton Road would be the top gun, the DRC.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cbr\u003eJames Suckling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew names in the Southern Hemisphere carry such gravitas and genuinely rival the top names of Burgundy such as Felton Road from Central Otago. New to our range, we are delighted to get access to the 2025s released onto the market recently.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAround the world Felton Road is one of the most admired producers in Central Otago, responsible for really serious examples of ageworthy Pinot Noir and Chardonnay\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cbr\u003eJancis Robinson\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThey are yet to pass the lips of the world’s best critics, but please be aware that demand for Felton Road wines is high. The 2025 Bannockburn Pinot Noir is available as a standalone purchase. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@honestgrapes.co.uk\"\u003econtact us\u003c\/a\u003e for interest in the other wines.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShipping in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"felton-road-cornish-point-pinot-noir-2025","title":"Felton Road, 'Cornish Point' Pinot Noir, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEst. delivery in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFelton Road needs little introduction in Central Otago, and 'Cornish Point' is one of the reasons why. Named after the distinctive peninsula that juts into Lake Dunstan near Bannockburn, this single-vineyard Pinot Noir comes from schist-driven soils at around 280 metres — low altitude by Otago standards, which gives it a slightly warmer, more generous character than the estate's higher-sited wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Inviting and attractive aromatics provide immediate focus of what is about to come: a wave of classic florals underpinned with cherry and raspberry. A burst of rich fruit leads the palate to a mouthfeel that is opulent and seductive. The vibrant finish is complimented with a fine dust of tannin lining the fruit and spice characters. A typical Cornish Point and immensely satisfying wine to aptly celebrate the vineyard’s 25th year!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWinemaker's note\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 vintage is early days, but the vineyard reliably produces Pinot with that distinctive Central Otago combination: fruit clarity, floral lift, and a cool mineral backbone that keeps the whole thing taut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felton Road","offers":[{"title":"IN BOND \/ 6X75CL","offer_id":53658117374259,"sku":"FERD-CPPN-25-6-75-IN BOND","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/felton-road-pinot-noir-cornish-point-nv-750.jpg?v=1784035925"},{"product_id":"felton-road-bannockburn-pinot-noir-2025","title":"Felton Road, 'Bannockburn' Pinot Noir, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEst. delivery in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFelton Road's 'Bannockburn' Pinot Noir is the estate's calling card — a single-vineyard wine from one of Central Otago's most storied sub-regions, and the block from which Felton Road itself takes its identity. Bannockburn sits at altitude on ancient schist soils, and the wine reflects that setting with uncommon precision: dark-fruited, mineral, and structured in a way that sets it apart from the rounder, more immediately generous style you find elsewhere in Otago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A classic Felton Road nose of dark florals, rose and maybe violet, with cherry compote. Textural and rich on the first attack, with a fine line of berry leaves, raspberry or boysenberry, but right through the palate there is a clear sense of tension that prevents this from ever being fruit driven. The wine has a lovely persistence with fine and dusty tannins, leaving a line of pure fruit and petals, as it eventually fades. A classic Felton Road Bannockburn.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWinemaker's note\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 vintage brings the usual Felton Road hallmarks — detail, focus, a restless energy — wrapped in fruit that is pure and vivid rather than opulent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felton Road","offers":[{"title":"IN BOND \/ 6X75CL","offer_id":53658117964083,"sku":"FERD-BAPN-25-6-75-IN BOND","price":227.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/felton-road-pinot-noir-bannockburn-nv-750.jpg?v=1784035981"},{"product_id":"felton-road-bannockburn-chardonnay-2025","title":"Felton Road, 'Bannockburn' Chardonnay, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEst. delivery in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFelton Road needs little introduction to anyone who's been paying attention to the southern hemisphere's finest wines. Based in Bannockburn, the sunbaked, schist-strewn heart of Central Otago, they have spent the best part of three decades proving that this dramatic corner of New Zealand can produce whites of real distinction alongside its celebrated Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 'Bannockburn' Chardonnay is their single-vineyard statement from the home estate: fermented with wild yeasts, aged in French oak with a light hand, and bottled without fining or filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The hallmark of the Bannockburn Chardonnay has always been its purity and that continues to be the driving force in the 2025. A focussed nose of citrus blossom, mineral and a hint of fresh peach invites you in. Then a rush of pure refreshment; citrus, white peach, greengage, but all so fresh, just on the cusp of ripening. The ethereal florals persist with the flavours right into the clean linear finish, where a gentle wave of salinity closes the show. A wine completely empty of ego, happy to please with its deliciousness.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWinemaker's note\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felton Road","offers":[{"title":"IN BOND \/ 6X75CL","offer_id":53658119274803,"sku":"FERD-BACH-25-6-75-IN BOND","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/felton-road-bannockburn-chardonnay-nv-750.jpg?v=1784036082"},{"product_id":"felton-road-macmuir-pinot-noir-2025","title":"Felton Road, 'MacMuir' Pinot Noir, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEst. delivery in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacMuir is one of Felton Road's single-vineyard Pinots, and it earns its place in that lineup with some authority. Planted on the Bannockburn escarpment in Central Otago, this is a cooler, more muscular site than Felton Road's other blocks — you can feel it in the wine's structure. The 2025 is a young, serious Pinot that wants a little more time in bottle before it fully opens its hand. There's real depth here: dark fruit, a streak of earthiness, and a backbone of fine-grained tannin that tells you this is built for the medium term, not the dinner table next week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"MacMuir always has a distinctive nose: darker fruits, with leaf hints and a touch of forest floor. On the palate there is the immediate impact of MacMuir muscle, a solid authority rather than aggression, eventually revealing its subdued powerful core. While there is copious tannin, it is wonderfully fine, adding a note of suavity to what might otherwise be an expression of strength. An impeccable finish, long and pure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eWinemaker's note \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFelton Road farm biodynamically, and their winemaking is as hands-off as you'd expect from people who genuinely believe the vineyard does the talking. MacMuir has always been the more brooding, introspective sibling in the range; not showy, not immediately generous, but deeply satisfying once it settles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felton Road","offers":[{"title":"IN BOND \/ 6X75CL","offer_id":53658143621427,"sku":"FERD-MMPN-25-6-75-IN BOND","price":315.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/felton-road-pinot-noir-macmuir-nv-750.jpg?v=1784036382"},{"product_id":"felton-road-block-3-pinot-noir-2025","title":"Felton Road, 'Block 3' Pinot Noir, 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEst. delivery in Autumn, 2026\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFelton Road's Block 3 is as close as Central Otago gets to a benchmark — a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from a 1.5-hectare block of schist-laced soils on the Bannockburn slopes that has, over the past two decades, quietly established itself as one of the southern hemisphere's most compelling addresses for the grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The age of the vines (mostly 33 years) contributes to the diverse and complete aromatics – led by dark fruits, hints of leather and complexing earthy notes. 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Named after the Calvert block on the Bannockburn benchland, it sits alongside 'Cornish Point' and 'Block 5' as the estate's holy trinity of site-specific Pinot Noirs — each with a distinct personality, each worth tracking down. 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The fruit is pure but taut, the structure almost Burgundian in its refusal to give everything away at once, and the whole thing is underpinned by that ferrous, stony quality that is the signature of this particular patch of Central Otago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Felton Road","offers":[{"title":"IN BOND \/ 3X75CL","offer_id":53658206863667,"sku":"FERD-B5PN-25-3-75-IN BOND","price":185.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/files\/felton-road-pinot-noir-block-5-750_e4e7c6e1-ef0f-4d4e-8773-825894bd70ae.jpg?v=1784036975"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7463\/7875\/collections\/felton-road-co_f07828d8-5da7-4909-b6dc-0b5ba7b1a469.jpg?v=1784035169","url":"https:\/\/www.honestgrapes.co.uk\/collections\/felton-road-2025-releases.oembed","provider":"Honest Grapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}