Blank Canvas Upton Downs Pinot Noir 2017

Degustationsnotiz

Der Wein ist eine perfekte Kombination aus Duft und Struktur! Aromen von Himbeere, roter Kirsche und roter Johannisbeere verflechten sich mit Noten von nassem Stein, Waldboden und etwas geräuchertem Schinken. Der Wein besitzt eine seidige Pinot-Noir-Textur. Die Struktur erinnert an Matt Thomsons Erfahrungen in der "Alten Welt": erkennbare, aber elegante Tannine und ein ausgewogenes Rückgrat von Säure. Ein wunderbar langer Abgang.

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Bewertungen

Der Blank Canvas Upton Downs Pinot Noir 2017 erhielt:

VINOUS - Rebecca Gibb MW: 95/100. A sexy, savory and superlative Pinot Noir. Leave your preconceptions of Marlborough Pinot in the same place as your corkscrew (it's a screwcap) when you open this wine. It has delightful clarity and grace as well as an assured presence. The Thomsons have included 40% whole cluster in this fermentation, and that's detectable in lifted aromatics that are reminiscent of violet, spice and green herbs. Fine chalky tannins on the perfumed finish.

Cameron Douglas MS: 95/100 (Classic: a great wine). A bouquet of complexity, charm and curiosity. Aromas suggest a mix of light red fruits from pitted cherries of all colours to apple skin and ripe summer strawberries. The oak signature is clear with delicate baking spices. A savoury line runs through the fruit seamlessly. The palate reveal some familiar pinosity with light red fruit flavours and chalky tannins, plenty of acidity with contrasting oak and fruit sweetness. Well made, still youthful with best drinking from today with food or from late 2021 through 2026.

Bob Campbell, MW: 95/100. Delicately perfumed pinot noir with floral, rose pedal, violet, cherry and subtle savoury and crushed herb characters. An appealing and distinctive wine that successfully balances fruit sweetness against a sinewy texture. Approachable now but should age well. Drink 2019-2026.

Gourmet Traveller Wine: Top New Release New Zealand Reds: 95/100. Delicately perfumed pinot noir from the Upper Awatere valley with floral/rose petal/violet, cherry and subtle savoury/crushed herb characters. Vibrant, poised wine that balances fruit sweetness with ripe tannins to give a sinewy texture. Approachable but with potential.

Zusatzinformationen

Kategorie: Rotwein

Rebsorte: 100% Pinot Noir

Passende Speisen: Lamm-, Reh-, Wildgerichte mit Pilzbeilage, gegrillter Fisch.

Weinberg: Upton Downs, 400m über dem Meeresspiegel, über dem Awatere River.

Bodentyp: Kies, angeschwemmter Schluff, Ton

Weinherstellung: Die handgelesenen Trauben wurden zu 40% unentrappt vergoren. 10 Monate in neuen (35%) und alten Eichenfässern.

Produktionsmenge: 341 Kisten

Der Wein hat noch Jahre der Entwicklung vor sich. Unbedingt ein paar Flaschen sichern!

Produziert und abgefüllt von: Kiwi-Oeno Limited, t/a Blank Canvas Wines, 2A Opawa Street, Blenheim 7201,Marlborough,New Zealand