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2009 RIPPON Emma's Block Pinot Noir Mature Vine

2009 RIPPON Emma's Block Pinot Noir Mature Vine

Grapes: Pinot Noir  Origin: New Zealand, South Island
Lea & Sandeman review
A unique parcel within Rippon, Emma’s Block faces eastward on the lakefront where ancient clay reefs run laterally through fine schist gravels. Emma’s Block is named after the great-great-great grandmother of the current generation of the Mills family, through whom the name entered into the family.

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Emma's Block faces east on the Wanaka lake front where clay reefs run laterally through fine schist gravels. The block is named after the great-great-great grandmother of the current generation of the Mills family. Nick Mills says 'this is more sleeky-slidey texturally than the pure schist wines [Tinker's Field Mature Vine Pinot, Mature Vine Pinot] because the soil has more clay. The soils are still schist gravels but with sausages or lenses of ancient lake bed clays. Emma's Block is like a sewing machine oil in that it is so super fine you can't even feel that the oil is on your fingers, but it lubricates.
Winemaker's notes
Delicate red berry and red rose aromas over notes of white pepper, tree bark and underbrush plus a hint of mace. Tight knit and crisp on the palate with a medium-firm level of grainy tannins, it offers excellent red berry and earthy flavor concentration, finishing long.... These wines (Rippon Pinots) really open-up after a few years in bottle, developing gracefully into some of the longest living Pinots currently coming out of New Zealand.   93/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, erobertparker.com
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