9 Felton Roads, 7x New Releases!
Felton Road - Winery of the Year New Zealand 2025 (again!)
“In the case of Felton Road, there is such sheer concentration and power underneath that there is no doubt the wines will age gracefully into complex, beguiling old bottles over time.”
- Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review
New Zealand’s Finest Pinot Noirs?
The length & finesse of the finest in each release is mesmerising.
Just ten 6-packs each of the upmarket Block Pinot Noirs reach WA each year.
Previously the block 3 was the standout - but in more recent years the length & finesse of the exquisite Block 5 vintages ensures there inclusion amongst New Zealand’s finest Pinot Noirs ever.
- John Jens
"The aromatics deftly define the knife edge ripeness that’s critical for great Pinot Noir; dialled in with ease in the exceptional 2024 vintage"
- Felton Road
Saturday November 29th
No host - a relaxed afternoon tasting, taste (with your group) at your own private tables.
Tasting: 11am-12pm, 9 Wines, Canapés, $95
The Real Review
Rieslings, Chardonnays & Pinot Noirs Points in Context
It is undeniable that Felton Road is one of the finest New World producers of pinot noir and a benchmark for those seeking the best that New Zealand wines have to offer.
Founder Nigel Greening and winemaker Blair Walter have built the world-famous wine brand around fastidious site selection and viticulture (Demeter and Biogro Certified Biodynamic) and a range of wines that are not only beautifully crafted and compete effortlessly on the world stage, but speak so clearly of the intricacies of their Central Otago vineyards.
The emphasis is on transparency of site and minimal intervention – great farming, gravity flow winery, wild yeasts, wild malo and no fining or filtration. An inspiring producer of the highest caliber.
Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
Felton Road - Winery Accolades and Awards
The Real Review New Zealand Winery of the Year 2024 and 2025
#3 Real Review Top Wineries of NZ 2023
#5 Real Review Top Wineries of NZ 2022
#3 Real Review Top Wineries of NZ 2021
#4 Real Review Top Wineries of NZ 2020
#3 Real Review Top Wineries of NZ 2021
#19 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2023
#19 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2022
#14 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2021
#24 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2020
#12 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2019
# 9 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2018
#13 World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2017
“I cannot think of a more deserving winery occupying the top slot.”
Bob Campbell
“Felton Road is the Winery of the Year New Zealand 2025, proving that they have not rested on their laurels since winning in 2024.”
Stephen Wong, MW
The Tasting Wine List
On arrival
Block 1 Riesling 2025, Our Price $58
First Bracket
Block 2 Chardonnay 2024, Our Price $78
Second Bracket
Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2024, Our Price $81
Calvert Pinot Noir 2023, Our Price $98
Calvert Pinot Noir 2024, Our Price $98
Third Bracket
MacMuir Pinot Noir 2023, Our Price $98
MacMuir Pinot Noir 2024, Our Price $98
Cornish Point Pinot Noir 2024, Our Price $98
Block 5 Pinot Noir 2024, Our Price $132
The Critic Reviews
On arrival
2025 Felton Road ‘Block 1’ Riesling
Always the last parcel to be harvested, the 2025 Block 1 is a most mellifluous rendition of this site. Flavours of the orchard abound; nectarine, pear, apple, and apricot. The interplay of body, sweetness and acidity endow the palate with a precisely delineated structure; this wine is no melange of fruit but rather, a procession. A vinous rendition of Cromwell’s most famous landmark – our town’s famous “Big Fruit” structure!
Winemaker Tasting Note
1st Bracket
2024 Felton Road ‘Block 2’ Chardonnay
Over 30 years on the free draining schist of Block 2, these vines have developed a Spartan sense of resilience. Limpid and fresh in the glass, initial notes of elderflower and chamomile lend a sense of finesse that belies the latent power of the palate. Block 2 is, as ever, clear, uncompromising and linear. A taut line of acidity streaks across a palate awash with Meyer lemon and grapefruit rind, leading to a refreshing mineral finish. Chiselled, vibrant, crystalline. A wine that could come from nowhere else.
Winemaker Tasting Note
2nd Bracket
2024 Felton Road ‘Bannockburn’ Pinot Noir
This wine makes my heart beat faster. It is delicate yet powerful, ethereal but wonderfully harmonious. I love its beautifully nuanced array of flavours that are displayed like the colours on a peacock’s tail and linger long after the wine has been swallowed. I have a cast-iron rule that prevents me from swallowing wine samples during tastings. I managed to stick to my guns. It wasn’t easy.
96 Points, Bob Campbell
2023 Felton Road ‘Calvert’ Pinot Noir
Lifted aromas of strawberries, cherries and orange peel. The palate is pure with finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of raspberries, dried herbs, wet bark and cedar. Very tightly wound with a high tension that will unravel in years to come. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
96 Points, James Suckling
2024 Felton Road ‘Calvert’ Pinot Noir
As is so often the case with Calvert, what impresses most is the wine’s subtlety and precision; patience is rewarded as the site methodically reveals itself. Earthy, dark cherry and plum aromas expand outward, becoming delicately floral; rose and violet infused. The mineral, graphite-textured palate builds - ever so subtly - to a rich, leather-bound cocoa finish. A most urbane expression of this vineyard and its deep clay soils.
Winemaker Tasting Note
3rd Bracket
2023 Felton Road ‘MacMuir’ Pinot Noir
I really do feel that these Pinot Noir vines love the soil they grow in, there’s a lovely core of fruit and sense of site, the bouquet is alluring, new and vibrant. Scents of dark berries and baking spices, clay and dry earth, some dark roses and black cherry. A very taut frame as the wine touches the palate, tannins are ripe and in abundance, acidity brings in mouthfeel and freshness, flavours and salinity. A delicious and complex wine with a quiver and vibrato, it just needs cellar time with best drinking from 2030 through 2040+.
97 points, Cameron Douglas MS, camdouglasms.com
2024 Felton Road ‘MacMuir’ Pinot Noir
A mix of luscious berry fruit and elegant floral characters framed by fine-grained tannins that begin to melt as the wine sits in the glass revealing layers of flavours. A wine with personality and heft. Approachable now but with mouthwatering development potential.
96 Points, Bob Campbell MW
2024 Cornish Point Pinot Noir
Fantastic wine, a bouquet of raw energy and purity of fruit. Layers of red berry fruits framed by a savoury dried herb complexity, scents of soil and barrel spice, earth and gentle wood smoke, a sweetness of some new wood and dried potpourri. Taut, tense and youthful on the palate with a core of raspberry and black cherry flesh, some boysenberry then fruit and barrel spices, sand and clay. Lengthy, youthful with plenty of cellar time ahead. Best drinking likely from 2029 through 2040.
96 points, Cameron Douglas MS – Outstanding
This is so perfumed, with violet, fresh strawberry and black cherry aromas. It’s medium-bodied with ultra-fine tannins and a persistent and caressing finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.
98 Points, James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
2024 Felton Road ‘Block 5’ Pinot Noir
Immediately complex, the Block 5 bouquet runs the full and essential spectrum from green through red to black. A wine of seamless expanse; the palate is filled with morello, sandalwood and nutmeg without ever feeling sweet. Silky tannins reveal themselves on a finish of poise and elegance; the structure and balance of the wine endow it with the potential to age effortlessly. The aristocratic ease of this expression, as always, reflects the harmonious relationship of these mature vines and the land which benevolently accommodates them.
Winemaker Tasting Note