To make great wine, we learn, the vines need to suffer. The nose shows weight power and a certain level of extraction, but without harsh notes. Escarpment, kupe pinot noir, martinborough, wairarapa, 20. The season was exceptionally warm and dry allowing high quality, ripe fruit to be harvested with brilliant ripe cherryplum flavours. Only the oldest and most revered parcels of fruit are used in this, our premium pinot noir. This is well complimented by the margrain rivers edge pinot noir which is our second label. Murdoch james high block pinot noir 20 from martinborough, new zealand fruitforward with overt violet aromatics, this wine expresses the limerich soils of the high block vineyard. Based on grapes from younger vines it is made in an earlier drinking style that offers great value for money. Martinborough has the lowest annual rainfall in the north island, making it the ideal climate for viticulture.
Plenty of energy on the palate, a youthful acidity behind multilayered dark fruit, one of the drier in a good way styles. Escarpment pinot noir 20 from martinborough, new zealand inspired by the classic wines of burgundy, this pinot noir is a tribute to martinborough s unique terroir. Craggy range te muna sauvignon blanc, porters pinot gris. Elegant fruit flavors and soft ripe tannins are all h. That, and the rocky, freedraining soils, which force vines to root deeply and work harder in their production of fruit.
In 20, my wine database revealed that there were just 27 new zealand wines. Complete, interesting, and capable of further development. The warm growing season followed by a cool, settled autumn yielded fruit in absolutely pristine condition at picking time. Bookmark please login to bookmarkyouthful dark concentrated colour. Ata rangi, meaning dawn sky or new beginning is a small new zealand winery with a renowned reputation for pinot noir. Martinborough s signature tipple is, of course, pinot noir. Pinot noir red new zealander wine wine of new zealand. Black estate damsteep pinot noir 2015 waipara, north canterbury, new zealand.