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2019 Tinker's Field Pinot Noir Mature Vine
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | New Zealand, South Island |
| Other | Bio-dynamic |
| Classification | Mature Vine |
| ABV | 13.5% |
The compressed tannin texture is very tight and muscular. Aromas of subtle plums, dried strawberry with tea and nettles. Full-bodied yet reserved and very fine with ink well, graphite and granite undertones. Cool and sophisticated. Needs two or three years to open. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2025. Drinking range: 2025 - Rating: 99 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Dec 2022)
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A similar light crimson ruby. Curiously, it is easier to pick the fruit here than with Emma’s Block. It is remarkably fine, alpine strawberry with a little fine raspberry, everything being hidden in the background, superb tensile strength. The structure has a finesse missing in, say, 2015. Drinking range: 2028 - 2038 Rating: ***** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Sept 2024)
Now, I have tasted this wine in many places around the globe and shown it both masked and revealed, and it has left an indelible impression on me. It is light to the point of being febrile, while possessing structure, density, tannic fortitude (albeit finely milled) and layers of undulating texture through the finish. It is superb. Today the 2019 Tinker's Field Mature Vine Pinot Noir is looking as composed and svelte as ever, with powerfully driven tannins through the tightly coiled mid-palate and finish. It’s an ever-impressive wine. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam. Drinking range: 2023 - 2039 Rating: 96 Erin Larkin, www.RobertParker.com (Dec 2023)
Full bottle 1,292 g. North-facing site on schist gravels and Rippon's oldest vines, grown biodynamically. Spontaneous fermentation. Aged in barrel for two winters and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Relatively dark garnet. Precise, chiselled, perfume dominated by fruit and violets. Very charming indeed with real undertow but already approachable. Quite long and subtle. Not exactly a copy of burgundy but very much its own expression. Refined. Pure pleasure with some development promised. Lovely clean finish. Drinking range: 2023 - 2031 Rating: 17.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2023)
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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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