2016 Te Whare Ra Pinot Noir, Marlborough

2016 Te Whare Ra Pinot Noir, Marlborough

2015 La Spinetta Barolo Campe DOCG, Piedmont

2015 La Spinetta Barolo Campe DOCG, Piedmont

2013 Te Whare Ra Pinot Noir SV 5182, Marlborough

A$82.58
Availability: In stock
SKU
TWRASVPN13
95
All fruit for this wine was handpicked, hand-sorted, destemmed without crushing and transferred to small one-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged up to four times daily. Each clone was fermented separately. Some parcels had a small percentage of whole bunches included. The majority were inoculated with selected yeasts, with a small proportion wild fermented. The fruit had a 7-9 day cold soak, a 5-7 day ferment, and then post-ferment maceration for 8-10 days. Pressed off on taste and then filled to oak after 24 hours. In French oak (30% new) from various coopers for 12 months.
This Pinot shows fragrant notes of ripe strawberry and cherry with hints of violets, mocha, spice and some savoury undertones. The finely textured, silky tannins combine with flavours of strawberry and omega plum. The palate carries into more complex, savoury flavours and finishes with a lingering persistence of fruit, fine tannin and integrated oak.

This represents a selected parcel that has been singled out as the best expression of Te Whare Ra's site. It has an enchantingly bright and perfumed nose with violet-like florals, sweet baking spices and beautifully pure red cherry fruits. The palate has impressive structure and textural complexity, the tannins swirl, the acidity shines and the fruit flavours in the red cherry and redcurrant spectrum run deep, long and deceptively powerful. Drink in 2017.
96 points Nick Stock jamessuckling.com March 2015

Aromatic pinot noir with bright cherry, raspberry, plum and spice and anise flavours. This elegant and seductively drinkable wine doesn’t lack power but delivers it with great subtlety. Silken texture and a very lengthy finish.
95 points  Bob Campbell MW  therealreview.com February 2017

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Product/Service Sold Out No
En Primeur No
New Arrivals No
Wine Type Red Wine
Wine Style Organic/Biodynamic
Country New Zealand
Region Marlborough
Varietals Pinot Noir
Vintage 2013
Bottle Size 750ml
Wine Points 95
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