RIPPON
2021 Sauvignon Blanc
Grapes | Sauv Blanc |
Colour | White |
Origin | New Zealand, South Island |
Other | Bio-dynamic |
ABV | 13% |
A warmer vintage than the 2022, according to Nick Mills. Foot-trodden with some post-fermentation autolysis. Biodynamically farmed. A bit riper than the 2022 – verging on the stone fruit, here. Though the stony character hums away underneath. Not quite as energetic as the later vintage, but it does have that same superb poise between texture and super-fresh, pithy acidity. Saline, mineral finish. Drinking range: 2023 - 2026 Rating: 16.5 Oliver Coleman, www.JancisRobinson.com (Nov 2024)
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Subtle aromas of lemon curd and melon with some crushed stone. Medium-bodied with very tangy acidity and a sliced ripe lemon and light green mango. Density with freshness. Drink now. Rating: 92 James Suckling, www.jamessuckling.com (Nov 2022)
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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