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Red
2016 Pyramid Valley Pinot Noir Earth Smoke
Pinot Noir
- New Zealand
- South Island
- Canterbury
- Waipara
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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Es7e2003 Likes this wine: 92 points
August 21, 2022 - Light ruby in glass. Rhubarb, barnyard, wet wool, sweat and cloves. Medium plus intensity on the nose. Medium acidity and medium minus tannins. Very complex and quite developed.
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jmoon Does not like this wine: 88 points
June 24, 2022 - Not sure whats happening here, but it was so sweet it was pretty much undrinkable with food, and lacked both structure and complexity, yet it was under screw cap so not faulty. Love their chardonnays though!
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HowardNZ Likes this wine:
December 28, 2021 - 2019 Visit to North Canterbury, NZ: This site on an expansive, east-facing slope with - what were described as - "strong, beautifully structured soils" of 30% clay and around 15% active limestone. From a site at around 300 metres above sea level. No whole bunch. The warmest vineyard in the Home Vineyards, seeing the morning sun. A maximum of about 10% new oak only. Deeper, darker coloured. A more brooding, structured, darker fruited, mineral bouquet with some bonfire smoke. In the mouth, largely black berries and cherries, dry earth, dry underbrush and smoky barbequed meats. Powerful but intense with bright acidity. My preferred of the two pinots.
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Chair Likes this wine: 92 points
September 18, 2021 - Distinctive, reflecting a unique terroir. Low-intervention taste profile, a bit cloudy. Very good.
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wineappellation Likes this wine: 94 points
April 11, 2021 - Some funkiness, some wholebunch characters. Juicy and rich, wildly aromatic. Crushed flowers, hawthorn, intense red currant and blackcherry mingling with farmyard, florest flowers and deep minerality.
This is so delicious that you end up finishing the whole bottle - always the case with Earth Smoke amd Angel Flowers.
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By Tim Jackson MW
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By Neal Martin
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By James Suckling
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Pyramid Valley
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Earth Smoke
- Country New Zealand
- Region South Island
- SubRegion Canterbury
- Appellation Waipara
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 67 (59%)
- Consumed 47 (41%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
86% Like It 7 votes
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- ProducerPyramid Valley
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionCanterbury
- AppellationWaipara
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