Just before the rain . 
~ Producers & Purveyors of Fine Wines & In the Cheering Up Business since 1993 ~
WINE ENTHUSIAST BEST OF THE YEAR 2021 ISSUE - December 2021
Everyone at Two Paddocks was delighted to receive these exemplary scores and reviews from prestigious US Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, for their 'Best of 2021' Buying Guide - and Editor's Choice for The Fusilier Bannockburn 2018 was a wonderful early Christmas present. Fantastic work from all The Two Paddocks Crew in vineyard & winery.
TWO PADDOCKS The Fusilier Proprietor’s Reserve Pinot Noir 2018 — 96 points (Editors’ Choice)
“Four years into the making of this wine—from proprietor and actor Sam Neill’s vineyard in Bannockburn, right next door to the renown Felton Road—and the results are stellar. Indeed, Felton’s Block 5 Pinot, in particular, seems cut from a similar cloth, but this bears the unmistakable mark of Two Paddocks. It’s highly perfumed and downright sexy, a tightrope walk of evocative flavor (think fresh red berries, mushrooms and dried flowers) and ultrafine, ethereal tannins. It’s so approachable and complete, in fact, that it’d be tempting to think it’s simpler than it is. But wound up in one harmonious package there’s a lot of layers to this little beauty." Christina Pickard
TWO PADDOCKS The First Paddock Proprietor’s Reserve Pinot Noir 2018 — 95 points
“The vines at actor Sam Neill’s original, organically farmed vineyard in Gibbston Valley are now over 25 years old, and the resulting wines are better than ever. The color of raspberry juice, this vintage is, to put it bluntly, sexy as hell. The perfume is evocative, a fruit bowl of cranberry and other red berries with florals, tree sap and spice. Then, after all that prettiness, the tannins hit you, unexpectedly muscular yet filigreed. They juxtapose the delicate crunch of fresh fruit. It doesn’t quite carry the complexity of the Fusilier, but it’s the height of elegance and deliciousness nonetheless." Christina Pickard
Two Paddocks
The Short Story
Who
We are Sam Neill { The Proprietor } family and friends: Vintners. Growers and producers of some of the greatest wines imaginable. All modesty aside. We’ve decided this is no company, for modesty. And our wines are so much better than that.
What
A very very small company, utterly obsessed with Pinot Noir. And Riesling. And with great pride - organics, quality, authenticity, detail and style. Having said all that, we don’t take ourselves at all seriously - the seriousness we leave to our SERIOUS wines.
Where
We have four beautiful organic vineyards artfully scattered around Central Otago . The southernmost wine region in New Zealand. And possibly the world. And you can find, if you try hard, our wines somewhere near you. If that’s too hard, we have a splendid Private Paddock Club, which you are welcome to join.
When
We planted our first grapes in the Gibbston Valley in 1993, and our first vintage was in 1997. Our last vineyard, on the Felton Rd in Bannockburn, we acquired in 2013. We are absolutely of the present, and indeed the future but we are very mindful of the history, the culture of wine.
Why
That’s a tough question. The existential one. Well, just because we can. Because the Proprietor is slightly mad. Because we think we should. And because we love country life: We also grow saffron, lavender, we have orchards and various decorative animals. We’re farmers.
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