Cloudy Bay - New Zealand

One day in Torino for lunch, we saw an Enoteca near the restaurant.  We decided to go to see what wines that we might be interested in, especially New Zealand Pinot Noir.

We did not know this wine so we depended on the owner of the Enoteca to pick a wine that he felt that would be good.

He has the 2019 and 2020 Cloudy Bay from Blenheim, NZ.  He suggested the 2019 so we purchased two bottles at euro 44 each.

We opened one bottle on our 14th anniversary since I asked Natalya to marry me in a restaurant in Kiev and I ordered a NZ Pinot to go with dinner.

The wine is very good and ready to drink.  We will probably go back to the Enoteca and buy more of the bottles as soon as we get back to Torino.

If you find the wine, buy a bottle or more and try it.  It is quite good. 

25-12-2024  Today was the world holiday but today, I had the lunch to make.  I made my Sicilian Grandmother's polpette and sauteed potatoes with Mrs. Dash.  Natalya made a salad of good vegetables that over did the wine at the end but it was ok.  I chose the bottle that we have from 2019 Cloudy Bay from NZ.  The lunch and the wine went extremely well!  We strongly that you look for this wine from your wine shop and put some away.  We will go this weekend to ours and see if he has more.

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