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From McCreanor vineyard with 27-year-old vines on slightly heavier soils and all clone AM 10/5. Hand harvested, fermented with ambient yeast. Total maceration time c 17 days with hand-plunging in open-top wooden fermenters. Aged in French oak for 18 months, 40% new. TA 5 g/l, pH 3.58. Unfined and unfiltered. Gentle red-fruit aroma with an attractive dusty overlay. The initial sweetness to the aroma is counterbalanced by intensely savoury, rocky palate. Bone dry but surprisingly succulent. Super-fine texture, the focus of this wine. (JH)
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2013 Pahi Pinot Noir is scented of red and black plums, black cherries and black tea with nuances of mossy tree bark. Medium-bodied, it has a solid backbone of chewy tannins supporting the expressive red and black berry flavors, finishing long and earthy.
About the producer
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.