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A fine, fragrant and elegant style that accumulates structure over the course of its journey. While gentle and welcoming at first, with sweet blackberry and black cherry fruit, there's a firm line that pulls this through. There's no doubting this is a structured wine, which is likely a combination of both acidity and a fairly hefty 50% whole-bunch component, providing a fine fur to the tannins. The 40% oak is well integrated, adding a subtle cedar note on the medium-length finish, which offers dried herbs, red cherry and dried cranberry flavors.
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Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
Rebecca Gibb MW, Vinous
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The 2018 Kiwa Pinot Noir is a blend of Pommard clones originally sourced via University of California, Davis. Like other recent vintages, there's a notable whole-bunch component, which comes through on the nose when the wines are young. Beyond that, there's some black cherries and a stolid earthy character, ample weight and concentration and a long, dusty-tannic finish. This should easily age up to a decade, even if it lacks the flair of its single-vineyard stablemates.
Informazioni sul produttore
Based in Martinborough, Escarpment is one of New Zealand’s leading producers of Pinot Noir. The estate’s top cuvée Kupe is widely regarded as a benchmark example of the region’s potential for producing world-class Pinot Noir.