Big Sky Te Muna Pinot Noir 2018
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BSTM201810 UCNZ
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95/100 Sam Kim: "Terrific fruit purity together with delightful spicy complexity, finishing long and delicious."
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Made to show off the delicious Te Muna fruit characters of ripe berryfruit, dark cherries and plums
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5/5 Michael Cooper: "Fragrant, mouthfilling and sweet-fruited, with generous, ripe cherry, plum, spice and nut flavours."
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1 or more bottles$36.00
Editors notes
95/100 Sam Kim: "Terrific fruit purity together with delightful spicy complexity, finishing long and delicious."
Big Sky is a small, family-owned vineyard, making limited production hand-crafted wines from their low cropping single block vineyard right under the big southern sky. Situated on the high alluvial terrace of Martinborough’s Huangarua river, with its low yielding deep gravels, low rainfall, warm days and cool nights, make it ideal for growing complex and expressive Pinot Noir. Big Sky know it's amongst the best in the world, and that’s reflected in their wines.
Hand picked with judicious use of new oak in ageing. It is made to show off the delicious Te Muna fruit characters of ripe berryfruit, dark cherries and plums –set against mouthfilling savoriness, warm spice, and silky tannins.
Aromas of cherries and thyme. A palate of floral bouquet, red cherries, slightly mushroom with a sweet and ripe dark cherry fruit enhanced with chocolate, thyme and mixed spices
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Sam Kim
95"Sweetly fruited and fabulously lifted, the bouquet shows dark cherry, plum, vanilla, game and mixed spice aromas, leading to a wonderfully weighted palate that is supple and fleshy. The wine offers terrific fruit purity together with delightful spicy complexity, finishing long and delicious. Drink 2019 - 2023"
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Michael Cooper
5"Offering very good value, the 2018 vintage (5) was estate-grown and matured in French oak casks (15 per cent new.) Full-coloured, it is fragrant, mouthfilling and sweet-fruited, with generous, ripe cherry, plum, spice and nut flavours, good tannin support, and a savoury, finely structured finish. A very ageworthy wine, it’s well worth cellaring to mid-2021+."
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New Zealand
The New Zealand wine industry is one of the younger wine regions in the world, whose popularity grew immensely when Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc hit the world wine scene, quite unique in style when compared to the typical French Sancerre.
Wine is successfully cultivated on both the North and South islands from a latitude of 36 degrees in the North to 45 degrees for the most southerly wine region in the world, the South Island's Central Otago. The majority of regions are located in free-draining alluvial valleys except for Waiheke Island and Kawarau Gorge in Central Otago and benefit from the moderating effect of the maritime climate as no vineyard is more than 80 miles from the ocean. With plentiful sunshine hours and cool evening sea breezes, the grapes thrive.
Sauvignon Blanc is the major white variety people will think of when you mention New Zealand Whites, however fantastic Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer and less commonly Viognier, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Blanc. Pinot Noir is the most widely planted red variety in New Zealand although Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot (Bordeaux Blends), Syrah are also grown and in even smaller amounts, Tempranillo and Montepulcianos can too be found. Sparkling wines of very high standards are also made in New Zealand.
The key wine regions in New Zealand include Auckland, Canterbury, Central Otago, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough and Nelson.
Wairarapa
Maori for 'glistening waters’, the Wairarapa is located in the southeast corner of New Zealand's North Island, about an hour away from Wellington. Amongst the small, quaint towns and rolling fields of livestock, you'll find some of New Zealand's finest wines.
The small community of boutique winemakers in the region work hard to preserve the unique terroir of the region. Wairarapa offers hot summers, cool nights, and long, dry autumns that are perfect for ripening. The strong winds and harsh, semi-maritime climate leads to low yields of healthy, small grapes with very thick skins - these grapes are treated with care to make some outstanding wine.
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