New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Brief note. An update on my 2018 note. Under cork (but no hint of TCA I could see). Needs time. Structured, earthy and dense. Espresso and tar. Chunky with prominent, somewhat drying tannins. High quality but there’s a lot of elements - stems, acids, oak and fruit tannins etc - here to begin to integrate and resolve. Open from 2024 at the earliest.
Brief note. Under screw cap. Dark fruited. Black cherries, blackberries and dark plums. Quite a bit of attractive savoury development since my last note in 2014. Elements of dark soil, tobacco, mushroom and dried herbs. Fully ripe fruit, flirting with being overripe but some of that fruit now presenting as preserved. Decent acidity though. In a good space for drinking now but no hurry needed.
2014 Escarpment Pinot Noir Kiwa
New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Brief note. An update on my 2018 note. Under cork (but no hint of TCA I could see). Needs time. Structured, earthy and dense. Espresso and tar. Chunky with prominent, somewhat drying tannins. High quality but there’s a lot of elements - stems, acids, oak and fruit tannins etc - here to begin to integrate and resolve. Open from 2024 at the earliest.
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2010 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 3
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Brief note. Under screw cap. Dark fruited. Black cherries, blackberries and dark plums. Quite a bit of attractive savoury development since my last note in 2014. Elements of dark soil, tobacco, mushroom and dried herbs. Fully ripe fruit, flirting with being overripe but some of that fruit now presenting as preserved. Decent acidity though. In a good space for drinking now but no hurry needed.
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