Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir 2019 750ml

The farm voice of a distinct parcel of land: Rippon. On the western board of Roy’s Bay, Lake Wanaka, Rippon’s north-facing escarpment forms the meeting point of terminal moraines and coarse gravels, all based in schist, on which some of the region’s earliest vines were planted."

Wanaka is the northernmost sub-region of Central Otago in New Zealand's South Island. The resort town of Wanaka, 50 kilometers (30 miles) northeast from Queenstown, is best known as an adventure tourism destination, but the elegant red wines made from Pinot Noir in some of the world's most spectacular vineyards are beginning to capture international attention.

Characteristics
Forest floor, tannin, acidity, blackcurrant, mint, eucalyptus.
Key wines

The dominant red wine grape of Burgundy, Pinot Noir is now adopted and adored in wine regions all over the world. The variety's elusive charm has carried it to all manner of vineyards around the world and as of 2016, it was the sixth most-planted grape variety.

Pinot Noir causes more discussion and dispute than any other grape, most of which centers around finding and describing the variety's "true" expression. Examples from Santenay are undeniably different from those made on the other side of the world in Central Otago. At the same time they are all unmistakably, unquestionably Pinot Noir.

It takes a great deal of care and skill to make Pinot Noir perform. The results vary wildly from watery, acidic candy water to some of the richest, most intensely perfumed wines on Earth. This elusive perfection has earned the variety obsessive adoration from wine lovers all over the world.