Dry River Pinot Noir
- Red
- New Zealand
- Martinborough
- Pinot Noir
- Tracked vintages
- 23
- Community notes
- 210
- Merchant offers
- 56
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 95/ 1002017 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 87/ 100210 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £60per 75 cl2017 · nearest vintage with a price · 12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2023
- Drinking window
- 2019–2030peak2017 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 151 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: New Zealand Martinborough Pinot Noir Red.
- Body2.5 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.7 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin2.3 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.8 / 5
- DrySweet
- Earth · earthy, mushroom, leather, forest floor, smoke
- Red fruit · cherry, raspberry, strawberry, red cherry, red fruit
- Oak · oak, vanilla, chocolate, clove, cedar
- Black fruit · plum, black cherry, black fruit, blackcurrant, blackberry
- Spice · cinnamon, pepper, savory, thyme, licorice
- Floral · violet, rose petal, lavender, lily, dried flowers
Grapes: Pinot Noir. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2008One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2017
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202383drinkersunit not stated
- 202281drinkersunit not stated
- 201987drinkersunit not stated
- 201795critic£60 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2023
- 201597critic£42 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2024
- 201483drinkersunit not stated
- 201391critic£46 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, August 2016
- 201291critic£40 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, November 2015
- 201093critic£55 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025
- 200991critic
- 200891critic£55 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025
- 200791critic
- 200693drinkers
- 200593drinkers
- 200489drinkers
- 200385drinkers
- 200290drinkers
- 200192drinkers
- 200091drinkers
- 199891drinkers
- 199792drinkers
- 199692drinkers
- 199495drinkers
- Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
- Past its windowits window has closed
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2015
- 97 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2015
- peak, window 2016–2030
- Lowest price
- 2012
- £40 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | £60 | 94.7 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2023 |
| 2015 | £42 | 96.8 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, May 2024 |
| 2013 | £46 | 91 | No | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, August 2016 |
| 2012 | £40 | 91 | No | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, November 2015 |
| 2010 | £55 | 93 | No | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025 |
| 2008 | £55 | 91 | No | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2025 |
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