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2015 Tinker's Field Pinot Noir Mature Vine
Grapes | Pinot Noir |
Colour | Red |
Origin | New Zealand, South Island |
Classification | Mature Vine |
ABV | 13.5% |
From magnum. Still vivid ruby for the most part. The nose is maturing into a glorious autumnal scene of leaves, mushrooms, cherry-orchard windfall and a sprinkle of spice. Still well structured on the palate, and could age another decade, although it doesn't need to. Bounteous! Drinking range: 2020 - 2035 Rating: 18 Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jun 2025)
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Mid ruby red. Even Tinker’s Field in 2015 seems more fruit driven than briary on the nose. Quite an intensity here, fresh acidity, good tannins make for a chewier finish. Having to reassess this. The muscle is all there, at the moment slightly divorced from the fruit, so a conservative score at this stage. It could yet meld together into a wine deserving a higher rating. Drinking range: 2024 - 2030 Rating: *** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Sept 2024)
The 2015 Tinker's Field Mature Vine Pinot Noir looks pert and alive in this glass. It is in such a good space right now. It has spurred a conversation here about the aging trajectory of the Pinot Noirs here. They don't seem to “decay,” in Nick's language. In my words, they don't evolve into black pudding, blood, bone broth, meat, grille, truffle, mushroom, autumn leaves, etc. Instead, the wines seem to “decompress”' (Nick's word) and open over time. They move very much into the graphite, schist, tea and silt direction instead. Pretty remarkable. Anyway, this wine seems timeless. There are miles to go before it sleeps. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam. Drinking range: 2023 - 2035 Rating: 96 Erin Larkin, www.RobertParker.com (Dec 2023)
The 2015 Tinker’s Field Mature Vine Pinot Noir has the most sophisticated bouquet of Rippon’s 2015s, offering redcurrant, raspberry and wild strawberry mixed with light sous-bois and tobacco scents. The medium-bodied palate displays supple tannin and layers of pure red fruit mixed with orange rind and quince. There is a sense of symmetry to this Pinot Noir, and it feels effortless compared to many others. Drinking range: 2020 - 2030 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2018)
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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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