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...(more info)
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...(more info)
L&S
2015 TONGUE IN GROOVE Pinot Noir Cabal Vineyard
Waipara South Island New Zealand 14% Red
Pinot Noir.
Ripe and attractive black-cherry and plum aromas with a neat thread of spicy and earthy, savory notes. Supple, fleshy and silky palate with juicy, ripe and spicy red-cherry flavors, finishing fre...(more info)
James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com
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2014 RIPPON 'Rippon' Pinot Noir
South Island New Zealand 13% Red
Pinot Noir. Organic, Bio-dynamic
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...(more info)
L&S
2017 ATA RANGI Pinot Noir
Martinborough North Island New Zealand Red
Pinot Noir.
Really pristine fruit aromas here with such pure, ripe red cherries and roses, as well as gently earthy and spicy nuances. Very fresh, precisely ripe and a pinot you can sit and just breathe in f...(more info)
Nick Stock, www.jamessuckling.comORDER
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