Escarpment Kiwa Pinot Noir

The Kiwa vineyard tends to exhibit a complex array of red fruits such as raspberry, sour red cherry and red currant amidst floral perfumed notes of Chinese five spice and bergamot. Savoury complexity adds to the attractiveness with bay leaf and Chinese black tea. The palate has firm tannins that tighten the structure giving one confidence to cellar for at least 10 years. Serve at 16°C and match with any game food. This wine is grown on the Cleland Vineyard Cambridge Road, Martinborough from 24 year old vines. A combination of deep alluvial gravels which the Martinborough Terraces are renowned for and a blend of Clones UCD 5, 6 and 13 always reward with savoury, complex, spicy wine.

The fruit was destemmed to an open top fermented with the inclusion of some whole bunch. It was fermented using indigenous yeast and hand plunged just once a day for soft extraction, with a total vat time of 22 days. After pressing it was matured in 31% new French oak barriques for 16 months. Bottled without fining or filtration, promoting textured mouth feel and balanced fruit complexities.