7 September 2003, The Observer Magazine

By Tim Atkins

Best Cellars -- 2001 Two Paddocks Pinot Noir, Central Otago

(£14.75, Haynes, Hanson & Clark, 020 7259 0102)
After two rather disappointing vintages, actor Sam Neill's Kiwi Pinot Noir found its mark in 2001, delivering a complex, savoury, beguiling red with soft tannins, gamey fruit flavours, sweet oak and a hum of acidity.

[Proprietor's Note: We don't know what Tim could mean by the disappointing previous vintages, but he's spot on about the 2001!]