Akitu Pinot Noir Blanc 2021

Brassy, rose-gold with a faint green hue and a platinum fleck. The nose: dusty river rock minerality, rose petals, Turkish delight, very slight wild herbs, and a hint of sourdough mother but more brioche than that. There is a risqué bouquet of rouge compact and red-hot lipstick entwined with ripe golden queen peaches and musk sticks. It’s evocative and multi-dimensional, dry and savoury but full of textural depth. complex florals, particularly roses but some cherry blossom adding sedimentary depth, finished with fresh acidity with a distinctive crunch on the exit