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By James Suckling
(Akarua Pinot Noir Central Otago Rua, New Zealand) Login and sign up and see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2020
- TypeRed
- ProducerAkarua
- VarietyPinot Noir
- DesignationRua
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionOtago
- AppellationCentral Otago
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3/6/2021 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 89 Points
Under screw cap. “Rua” means two in Te Reo Maori and the Rua is Akarua’s second pinot. It is typically - as here - an excellent moderately priced everyday drinking wine. Reflecting the 2019 vintage in Bannockburn/Pisa in Central Otago, the 2019 Rua was a succulent, bright, largely red fruited pinot. Reflecting 2020 in Bannockburn/Pisa, this wine is more savoury, earthy and black fruited. It’s not as immediately delicious and vibrant but some may prefer less apparent fruit sweetness. It may possibly cellar (and improve) but of course that’s not the point of the Rua ...
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