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Tasting notes
From Cleland vineyard with 26-year-old vines on the deep alluvial gravels of the Martinborough Terraces and a mix of clones UCD 5, 6, and 13. Hand harvested, fermented with ambient yeast. Total maceration time 21 days with hand-plunging in open-top wooden fermenters. Aged in French oak for 18 months, 40% new. TA 4.8 g/l, pH 3.62. Some initial oak sweetness on the palate and more immediate fruit depth on the palate than in the Pahi 2013, richer and more rounded but still with the dry finesse to the texture. Long savoury finish is classic Martinborough even after the initial fruit. (JH)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Medium ruby-purple colored, the 2013 Kiwa Pinot Noir has a nose of mulberries, red plums and red currants with suggestions of cinnamon stick and wild thyme. Medium-bodied, it offers layers of earth and dried herb flavors complimenting the red berry character and framed by chewy tannins, finishing long.
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.