2016 Escarpment Pinot Noir Te Rehua

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/25/2022 - WilliamMP Likes this wine: 93 Points

  My second aged Escarpment pinot in recent months. You can see the style of the time beaming through - fuller style, but not without elegance, poise and lift.
  
  Excellent, when given plenty of air. Has a pinot fruit purity that NZ provides in spades. Gravel underbelly, decaying leaves and bark after rain, too.
  
  Tertiary Martinborough character. Body is med+, but the med+ acid and med tannins lift it, make it lithe. These are definitely bottles to hold onto. Would be interested to see how the style has changed.

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  6/18/2022 - chatters wrote:

  Pinotpalooza (Carriageworks, Redfern): Savoury, meaty, blackberry, earth, sweet and savoury spices in support. Juicy, slight wood glue, forward with muted fruit, slightly reductive notes, talc textured tannins are drying. Alcohol warmth. Hmm.

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  1/11/2022 - Pubu Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Interestingly it opens up after 1 hour in bottle.

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  10/24/2021 - Tippy78 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Beautiful pinot. Smooth but peppery. Light but still flavoursome. Could have gone higher but had a really strong cranberry taste which wasn't quite to my pallet. Beautiful wine though and will have it on my hit list to buy again for a special occasion

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  10/2/2021 - foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium ruby.
  Blackberries, raspberries, red currant nose.
  Similar palate with hint of spice, very smooth.
  Very good wine.
  3-5 years life.

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