RIPPON
2009 Pinot Noir Mature Vine
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | New Zealand, South Island |
| Classification | Mature Vine |
| ABV | 13% |
Nick Mills does it again, and it would be difficult to find such a perfect and seductive expression of Pinot Noir almost anywhere else in the world. In the words of Matthew Jukes: 'If you want the world to move for you, drink Rippon'. L&S (Jan 2012)
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The nose is starting to evolve and show savory-edged aromas of maraschino cherries, dried herbs, graphite and wet bark. The palate has seamless tannins, bright acidity and a creamy texture, giving notes of dried strawberries, potpourri, citrus peel and Asian spices. Exceptionally balanced and refined with age, coming into its own with some old-world charm. Drink or hold. Rating: 97 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Jan 2025)
A cooler year, picked from the 4th week of April, 13% alcohol and low pH. A relatively pale crimson. The bouquet is gentle, with some floral attributes, showing a proportion of whole bunch fermentation. This is very elegant, less powerful perhaps than 2006 and 2007, but with a beautiful sense of harmony, fragrant and persistent. Drinking well now. Drink from 2020-2027. Tasted Sep 2024. Drinking range: 2020 - 2027 Rating: **** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Sept 2024)
Rose petals and sweet red berries with a touch of smokiness; ultra silky tannins; long, sleek and polished. Superb, complex pinot from this long-established and biodynamic estate. Drink over the next five years. 13.5% abv. Joanna Simon, www.joannasimon.com (Mar 2012)
Rippon
Nick Mills returned home after several years away, working with the likes of Alain and Sophie Meunier at Domaine JJ Confuron, and Pascal Marchand (late of Domaine Comte Armand and then at Domaine de la Vougeraie). This experience with some of the leading players in Burgundy fired him up with enthusiasm, and we are already seeing the fruits of his experience in the changes in viticulture (to bio-dynamism) and the increased depth of mineral complexity in the wines.
Nick Mills on Biodynamics: 'Granted custodianship over this very special piece of land, the family's principle goal is to create vins de terroir, wines that are an accurate reflection of their surroundings. It is the micro-life in our soils which, in their ability to metabolise minerals into a form that vines can assimilate, are the link in between plants and the earth. This simple biology is the essential framework in producing a wine which is true to its soil and site. With this understanding comes an absolute respect for the land and life therein and it is for this reason that Rippon is run biodynamically.
Decisions made in the vineyard and winery first consider the effect the outcome may have on the micro-flora of the soils, vines & wines. Rippon does not use herbicides, fungicides, pesticides or soluble nitrogenous fertilisers on the property. All the property's organic waste matter is recycled to make around 40 tonnes of fungal dominant compost every year. This is spread back over the land during the first descending moon after harvest as an inoculation of beneficial micro-flora for the whole property...and thus starts a diverse and vital web of life on which to live and produce.
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