Solid red. On nose abundant fruit and pencil lead, which follows through on taste. Cherry, cranberry fruit. Soft tannins. Bit split on rating, 87-90, this is on the fruity side of pinot which for us tones the rating down.
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Fine Martinborough, NZ, 2019 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Te Muna Road Vineyard ($43 Wine.com). Mid-dark ruby, rim variation, low viscosity (13.0 alc.); cherries, red fruit, smokey, oak nose; mid acids, tannins; balanced; nice structure and style; semi-long, semi-lush red fruit finish. w/salmon. 17 UC Davis scale, 92 other scales.
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Light to medium ruby color and fairly translucent.
Very clean, red fruited nose. Aromas of high tone red cherry, strawberry, mint, leather, maybe a faint hint of graphite and iodine. Not a lot of earthiness or tertiary elements.
On the palate the wine is medium+ acidity, light bodied. Tannins are very delicate but the finish has a touch of astringency/ bitterness.
Balanced, fruit driven, and light but lacking a bit in complexity. Not bad but better Pinots can be found at this price point.
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Aroma of ripe red cherries and menthol. Rich fruit taste on the palate. Fine tannins. Oak is just a tad assertive but beautiful nevertheless. Acidity was well balanced. I wondered if the oak would round out by day 2, but instead it all but disappeared so the balance was lost and more edges stood out. Overall, I enjoyed it much better on day 1.
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Hawkes Bay Tasting (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Rich, dark cherry and berry, a little carbo crush prettiness, plenty of good quality oak, sweet spice, quite pretty. Quite tight on the palate, fleshy rather than fresh fruit and tannins are persistent. Medium plus length. Slightly elbows at the moment. Hmm
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Plenty of spice along with raspberry jam and ripe plum fruits. It is full, sweet of fruit and juicy, with the spicy notes kicking back in on the finish.
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1/21/2024 - FraserMacmillen Likes this wine: 89 Points
Solid red. On nose abundant fruit and pencil lead, which follows through on taste. Cherry, cranberry fruit. Soft tannins. Bit split on rating, 87-90, this is on the fruity side of pinot which for us tones the rating down.
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12/26/2023 - Raizzon Likes this wine:
Pale garnet. Red fruits - tart cherry and cranberry, tea, forest floor, a nice vaguely chalky earthiness. Balanced with a medium finish.
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11/8/2023 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fine Martinborough, NZ, 2019 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Te Muna Road Vineyard ($43 Wine.com). Mid-dark ruby, rim variation, low viscosity (13.0 alc.); cherries, red fruit, smokey, oak nose; mid acids, tannins; balanced; nice structure and style; semi-long, semi-lush red fruit finish. w/salmon. 17 UC Davis scale, 92 other scales.
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10/30/2023 - snamnoum@gmail.com wrote: 89 Points
Light to medium ruby color and fairly translucent.
Very clean, red fruited nose. Aromas of high tone red cherry, strawberry, mint, leather, maybe a faint hint of graphite and iodine. Not a lot of earthiness or tertiary elements.
On the palate the wine is medium+ acidity, light bodied. Tannins are very delicate but the finish has a touch of astringency/ bitterness.
Balanced, fruit driven, and light but lacking a bit in complexity. Not bad but better Pinots can be found at this price point.
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10/26/2023 - EshwarS Likes this wine:
Aroma of ripe red cherries and menthol. Rich fruit taste on the palate. Fine tannins. Oak is just a tad assertive but beautiful nevertheless. Acidity was well balanced. I wondered if the oak would round out by day 2, but instead it all but disappeared so the balance was lost and more edges stood out. Overall, I enjoyed it much better on day 1.
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6/3/2023 - chatters wrote:
Hawkes Bay Tasting (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): Rich, dark cherry and berry, a little carbo crush prettiness, plenty of good quality oak, sweet spice, quite pretty. Quite tight on the palate, fleshy rather than fresh fruit and tannins are persistent. Medium plus length. Slightly elbows at the moment. Hmm
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5/13/2023 - Trickyone wrote:
Better body than the '18 and my favorite N. Island Pinot.
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4/8/2023 - Christopheroz Likes this wine:
Lighter colour and body but a touch of spice and good berry fruit.
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3/30/2023 - quaffnov Likes this wine: 89 Points
No formal note, a little thinner than expected, with good fruit and acidity but not as much body and mouthfeel.
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3/24/2020 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Plenty of spice along with raspberry jam and ripe plum fruits. It is full, sweet of fruit and juicy, with the spicy notes kicking back in on the finish.
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