2019 Escarpment Pinot Noir Te Rehua

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90 points

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  1/6/2024 - Woodbridge Brad Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Rich, varietal, and attractive, my only concern was a hint of spritz. Possible partial ML in bottle? Other than that very, very nice wine. This was a gift.

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  11/20/2023 - nzinkgraf wrote:

  A very bright and piquant style of PN. Larry’s time at Dujac led him to stem inclusion and whole cluster use.
  Med/- tannin. Perhaps some eucalyptus to the nose too. This bottling is not 100% estate, as it’s owned by a couple of pilots (it’s their backyard, but Escarpment has right of first refusal). Planted in 1989, more stems and a mix of clones (Burg/Pommard and UC-Davis).
  Wairarapa is the greater region and Martinborough is the sub appellation.

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  1/6/2023 - Gruffalius Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Don’t love this. Not a pleasant nose. Seems a bit disjointed. Tart red berries.

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  11/7/2022 - whits Likes this wine: 92 Points

  bright and lively scents of hibiscus, cranberry and fresh plum, structured and complex on the palate, especially after opening up with some air, the mouthfeel is fine and snappy, swell intensity and concentration, flavors of black cherry and black tea envelop the tongue, slightly bitter on the finish which works well with the profile of the wine, inviting and hard to put down, drinking well now with enough stuffed in to continue developing in the cellar for a while

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  10/7/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  100% Pinot Noir
  from the Barton Vineyard, Huangarua Road, Martinborough with
  deep alluvial gravels and vines of age 27 yrs.
  Manual harvest. Fermented in open top traditional wooden cuvees
  with indigenous yeast and twice daily manual plunge-down.
  Total vat time of 22 days.
  Pressed and aged 18 monthsin French oak barriques (40% new).
  Fined but unfiltered.
  13.5% Abv.
  Background: Founded by Larry McKenna ("the Prince of Pinot") in 1999.
  Acquired by Torbreck Vintners from the Barossa Valley in 2019.
  Founder/Winemaker: Larry McKenna (retired in 2022)
  Senior Winemaker: Tim Bourne
  Viticulturist: Rowan Hoskins
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Med light cherry/ruby. Fragrant, floral varietal.
  B(alance)=3: Fine fruit with vivid acidity and firm structure.
  C(omplexity)=2: Red and dark berries, plum, toast, smoke.
  D(epth)=1: Lifted mouthfeel. Good length and finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,1] = 8/10
  
  New World Pinot with sense of place.
  
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