After a wine match in the town center with fresh local food, we headed to the 3rd winery in included in the tour.

Originally the home block of Voss Estate Vineyard, Tirohana Estate was bought two years ago by British-born Raymond Thompson, and is managed by his daughter and son-in-law, Saranne and Toby James.

The cellar door is a restored barn where visitors in summer can enjoy their wine samples in a sunny courtyard. However, we arrived in a sunny beautiful day of... winter, so, we were invited to the mini-museum-tasting-room in the back of the shop, what wasn't too bad as the place was full with pictures of the vineyard in various stages of the year.

The most interesting sequence was during a night frost at one cold spring that woke up the crew that had to set fire among the vines to blow away the possible frost with smoke and warm, detected previously by a satellite and send as a warning - good and old techniques together.

As Pinot Noir is the star in region, it comes in a Rose version in this winery: Rose 2006, which has a very similar style to the old good red one, just a little lighter.

The Pinot Noir itself (2005) has pepper and wood carachteristics and there was also a dessert wine (2006) made from Riesling and Sauvingon grapes affected by Botrytis.