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Red
2008 Escarpment Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
- New Zealand
- North Island
- Wairarapa
- Martinborough
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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Klugi Wine wrote: 90 points
March 9, 2024 - Nicely aged Pinot with quite some complexity.
The bouquet has a touch smokiness, some earthiness and truffles but also more darker fruit.
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GarryMGreen Likes this wine: 92 points
August 8, 2021 - Decanted earlier in the day as there is residual lees.
A well balanced pinot that has aged well. Good berry fruit and smooth tannins. Has body and aging has helped. -
kingkanu wrote:
January 6, 2019 - Give this a short while to get some air and wake up then it was wuite a rich mature example of NZ Pinot, lovely drinking
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VinoHobo wrote: 95 points
April 15, 2018 - Aged Martinborough Pinot at its best. This is a really nice wine in very good condition. Still quite bright and red in colour, very vibrant and a good sign of things to come. The nose has developed dark fruit characters with some spice. The palate is fine with lovely fruit flavours of cranberry, redcurrant and blackberry. Really good length on the finish with some lip smacking acidity. Bloody nice Pinot.
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PVJC Likes this wine:
August 25, 2016 - No detailed tasting notes but drinking very nicely. Glad we held on to this for a while.
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By Allen Meadows
October 2013, Issue #52 (link)(Escarpment Vineyard Pinot Noir Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
September/October 2010, IWC Issue #152 (link)(Escarpment Pinot Noir Martinborough) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
8/5/2011 (link) 91 points(Escarpment Pinot Noir) Medium dark ruby color with pale meniscus; ripe raspberry, strawberry nose with a sense of salinity; tasty, medium-bodied, creamy textured, tart raspberry, raspberry syrup, cherry and mineral palate with good balancing acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Escarpment
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country New Zealand
- Region North Island
- SubRegion Wairarapa
- Appellation Martinborough
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 79 (36%)
- Consumed 138 (64%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionNorth Island
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