2022 Akarua Pinot Noir Rua

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 86 points

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  5/7/2024 - thebiggestlie Likes this wine:

  Good everyday pinot noir, pleasant but not special. Fresh red berries, herbs, almonds, spices, and cacao. Round taste with a good body.

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  3/11/2024 - Marc1989 Likes this wine: 83 Points

  nice wine. lots of red fruit. quite sharp. curious to see how it ages

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  2/6/2024 - kostaslonis wrote:

  New Zealand London Annual Trade Tasting (Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls): Grapes were sourced from three Akarua Estate vineyards. The Bannockburn vines are approximately 25 years old and grow at 270 metres above sea level on a north west facing sloping glacial terrace. The vines are planted on alluvial, sandy loam-based soils overlaying schist bedrock. The Pisa vines are planted on a flat and level river terrace created by glacial activity, at an elevation of 205 metres above sea level. Soils here are fine silt loam over schist based alluvial gravels and the vines, aged 28 years. The younger 25 Steps vines, with an average age of 19 years, lie at 200-317 metres above sea level on sandy and stony topsoil with a subsoil mix of deep gravels and clay loams.
  
  After five to seven days of cold soaking, fermentation took place using indigenous yeasts, with 6% of the fruit left as whole bunches. Twice daily punch-downs helped extract both colour and flavour. The wine was given another six to ten days on the skins post-fermentation. It then spent six months ageing in 100% French oak barriques prior to bottling.
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  Lean, a bit green, fresh currant, a touch spicy, palate is the same, thin body, red fruit, a touch spicy, easy to drink tought, nutmeg, med finish
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  Another bottle I tasted in a different table and much later during the wine fair :
  extrovert, floral notes, red and black fruit, juicy palate, freshness, sweet spices, elegant tannins, toasty, med body and long finish
  
  I'm guessing it needs time to open up

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  1/14/2024 - Mckalm Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Ljusröd, lätt, hallon, ok

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  1/6/2024 - Mick_Reed Likes this wine: 76 Points

  An easy drinking Pinot

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