Rippon "Emma's Block" Mature Vine Pinot Noir 2020

Bewertungen

James Suckling (JamesSuckling.com): 98/100 & #15 Top 100 Wines of New Zealand 2023. This is so opened and perfumed with sliced strawberry, orange and fresh mushroom. Full, velvety and caressing texture and finish. Articulate. Seductive. Drink or hold.

Stephen Wong MW (The Real Review): 97/100. Emma’s Block and 2020 make for a great combination. One of the more ethereal and refined vintages of this wine I have seen, it is also the most effortless and energetic pinot that Nick Mills crafted in 2020. Don’t miss it: it’s one of the greats, worth seeking out. Soft ruby colour. A soaring nose of layered, delicate red berries, rosehip, honey and sweet herbs. At once expressive and ethereal. The palate is bright and flowing with a lightness and airiness which belies the concentration of fruit. Persistent yet restrained with intricate sweetness and very fine, almost imperceptible tannins, this is a long, perfumed wine on a light-weight frame which spans the gamut from flowers and honey to wet earth and mushroom. Already accessible now, with hints of more hidden within, suggesting that the best is yet to come with some time in the cellar. My prediction is that this will provide enjoyment at every stage of its development, exemplifying the complex, ethereal elegance that pinot noir can achieve.

VINOUS - Rebecca Gibb MW: 95/100. In 2020, the mature Pinot Noir vines planted on Emma's Block have resulted in a mellifluous wine. This wine has a sense of calm and harmony that is oh-so-satisfying. It is brooding with savory characters meeting plum and woody herb flavors. There's a high level of concentration. Its richness and curvy figure may be due to a clay component in this block. The tannins are delectable, like fine melted chocolate.

Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95+/100. The 2020 Emma's Block Mature Vine Pinot Noir leads with dehydrated cranberry, cherry blossom, graphite and dried star anise. The nose is exotic and restrained at once. This is the entree to the palate which is dened absolutely by the tannins that feel very much like they plume in the wine, like a drop of blood in water. These are wines to feel as much as they are to taste, and this is what helps them stand alone in this place. It’s superb, with unbroken form through the long finish—no strays, no rough edges, no breaks. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam. The vines are east facing and close to the lake, with less afternoon sun (which means it isn't exposed to the extended heat of the afternoon). "There is clay down there which gives the tannins more mobility and animation," says Nick Mills. Drink Date: 2023 - 2035.

Verkostungsnotiz

Ein sehr komplexes Bouquet von Kirschen, Cranberrys, Erdbeeren, Sternanis und Pilznoten. Der Gaumen nimmt die Aromen auf, ist vollmundig, harmonisch und elegant. Elegante Tannine und lebendige Säure begleiten den Wein in einen langanhaltenden, komplexen Abgang.

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Rebsorte: 100% Pinot Noir

Passende Speisen: Lamm, Pilzgerichte, Reh

Weinberg: Einzellage am Lake Wanaka, Central Otago. Emma's Block ist eine einzigartige Parzelle in Rippon und liegt nach Osten am Seeufer, wo alte Lehmriffe seitlich durch feinen Schieferkies verlaufen. Emmas Block ist nach der Ur-Ur-Ur-Großmutter der aktuellen Generation der Mills-Familie benannt, durch die der Name Mills in die Familie kam.

Weinbereitung: 19% unentrappt gepresst. 12 Monate in neuen (23%) bis 4 Jahre alten französischen Eichenfässern. Die malolaktische Gärung fand im Frühling ohne fremde Hilfe (spontan mit der eigenen Kellerhefe) statt. Der Wein wurde danach wieder in ein Fass abgefüllt und verbrachte einen zweiten Winter in neutralen Fässern, bevor er ohne zu filtern oder schönen direkt in die Flasche gefüllt wurde. Gesamtzeit im Fass: 18 Monate.

Tipp: Dekantieren.

Produzierte Kisten: 210

Produziert und abgefüllt von: Rippon Vineyard and Winery, 246 Wanaka-Mount Aspiring Road, Wanaka 9381, Neuseeland

Verantwortlicher Lebensmittelunternehmer/Einführer: vinabonus GmbH, Simmedenweg 40, 34134 Kassel, Deutschland

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