New Zealand
Whilst wine makers the planet over struggle manfully and optimistically to grow Pinot Noir, New Zealand has proved one of the few places outside Burgundy where Pinot Noir seems to thrive. This is especially true of Martinborough in the North Island and Central Otago in the South Island, where Rolfe Mills defied all advice to plant the region’s first vines back in 1975 and created the wonderful.
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2017 CANTERBURY Pinot Noir The Crater Rim
South Island New Zealand 13% Red
Pinot Noir. Vegan, Vegetarian
Excellent earthy, mossy nose with delicious mushy red fruit too. Finely ground, sandy tannins and a flash of acidity on the finish. Slightly brief length, but the quality and typicality of Pinot...(read more)
Richard Hemming MW
2013 BRODIE ESTATE Pinot Noir
North Island New Zealand 15% Red
Pinot Noir.
From one of the two iconic NZ wine regions, Martinborough. A ripe and intense, properly New World Pinot Noir with juicy ripe small berry fruits in abundance, but wrapped up in a silky velvet flow...(read more)
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2015 TONGUE IN GROOVE Pinot Noir Cabal Vineyard
Waipara South Island New Zealand 14% Red
Pinot Noir.
Concentrated and sweet fruit on the nose, with strong oak influence on the palate. Firm and full, with typically boisterous fruit, but plenty of complexity and length too. The toasted oak charact...(read more)
Richard Hemming MW
2015 RIPPON 'Rippon' Pinot Noir
South Island New Zealand 13.5% Red
Pinot Noir. Bio-dynamic, Organic
A blend of parcels across the property, this has a deeply spicy array of mixed fruit, framed in aromas of flint, dark stones, pepper, woody spices, wild herbs and fresh earth. Texturally, this is...(read more)
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com
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2014 RIPPON 'Rippon' Pinot Noir
South Island New Zealand 13% Red
Pinot Noir. Bio-dynamic, Organic
The ultimate sense of place is the goal here with the Rippon signature wine - their 'Rippon' Pinot Noir. From a single vineyard, Nick Mills calls this the 'voice of the farm' and tasting it does transport...(read more)
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