{"id":18161,"date":"2017-07-15T21:43:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T21:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=18161"},"modified":"2017-07-15T21:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T21:51:35","slug":"a-couple-of-lovely-kiwi-pinots-ma-maison-and-yealands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/a-couple-of-lovely-kiwi-pinots-ma-maison-and-yealands","title":{"rendered":"A couple of lovely Kiwi Pinots: Ma Maison and Yealands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Continuing my journey into the wonders of Kiwi Pinot, here are two lovely bottles recently consumed. The first was new to me. The second, Yealands, wasn’t a surprise: I always like these wines, and they are underpriced.<\/p>\n

Ma Maison Cuv\u00e9e Two Richards Pinot Noir 2014 Martinborough, New Zealand<\/strong>
\n14.5% alcohol. A blend of equal parts Abel, 667 and 777 clones. This is a very rich, ripe style of Pinot with warm spicy depth to the sweet black cherry and blackberry fruit. It’s complex, rich and satisfying, with some green herbal undertones adding a savoury dimension to the ripe, sweet, sleek black fruits. There are hints of olives and cured meats, too. Not a particularly elegant style of Pinot, but delicious and full. 92\/100<\/p>\n

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Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong>
\n13.5% alcohol. Made in large cuves (6000 litres and 7500 litres) and small oak (no new). 30% fermented with cultured non-Saccharomyces<\/em> yeast\u00a0Kluyveromyces<\/em> (half with four times the standard inoculation rate and half with normal inoculation rate plus an S. cerevisiae<\/em> chaser after 48 h), and the rest with S. cerevisiae<\/em>. This is silky and textural with sweet, floral black cherry fruit. There’s a bit of smoky spiciness on the palate, with a bitter damson twist and nice sweet, sleek black fruits. Shows nice definition. Sweet and textural but with some complexity. Pretty serious stuff. 93\/100<\/p>\n

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