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This was a chance to taste through the 2016s from Mike Paterson\u2019s impressive Corofin project (which I reviewed a while back<\/a>). 2016 was a pretty good vintage, but the following two weren\u2019t. 2017 was a tricky vintage in the region, but Sauvignon suffered the most and Mike\u2019s sites did quite well, and the Pinot is really good, he says. 2018 was more of a challenge: it was a humid summer and there was 200 mm rain at the end of February. \u2018The Pinot was close to ripe,\u2019 he says, \u2018so we were struggling. There were a lot of mealy bugs around, and a lot of the stuff on the sorting table wasn\u2019t good.\u2019 He discarded 40% of what he brought in.<\/p>\n The 2016s are looking very good indeed. Mike\u2019s model is to make Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from privileged sites in Marlborough, many of which are shared with others. It\u2019s a great model, and it\u2019s important as it helps establish which really are the best spots in the region for these grapes: more than one interpretation of a site does this better than a single producer. \u2018If there can be half a dozen people making wine from these sites, the more the better,\u2019 says Mike.<\/p>\n Corofin Folium Chardonnay 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Corofin Carter Ashmore North Corner Chardonnay 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Corofin Settlement Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Corofin Cowley Family Vineyard Main Slopes Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Corofin Churton Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Marlborough, New Zealand<\/strong> Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n THE MARLBOROUGH WINE REGION<\/strong><\/p>\n Part 1, Te Whare Ra<\/a> This was a chance to taste through the 2016s from Mike Paterson\u2019s impressive Corofin project (which I reviewed a while back). 2016 was a pretty good vintage, but the following…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,9,60],"tags":[380,17,378],"class_list":["post-24200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chardonnay","category-new-zealand","category-pinot-noir","tag-chardonnay","tag-marlborough","tag-pinot-noir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24206,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24200\/revisions\/24206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/corofin2-500x281.jpg\")
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\nComplex, mealy and spicy with real texture. Has a supple, fresh personality with some lemony detail. Finishes taut and finely spiced. 94\/100<\/p>\n
\nFresh and linear with lovely citrus and pineapple, as well as bright citrus fruit and some lovely minerality. Detailed and precise, this is potentially very long lived. Pristine. 95\/100<\/p>\n
\nThis is an organic vineyard in Omaka planted at 4500 vines\/hectare, 15 years old, 47% whole cluster. There are no punchdowns here: everything is sealed for six days, with whole cluster fruit at the bottom and destemmed fruit on top. Then the lid is taken off, there\u2019s some foot treading, and the rest of the fermentation rips through in three days. Supple and bright with lovely fine spiciness and a bit of grip. Has some fine herby notes with nice raspberry and red cherry fruit, with taut structure. Finishes grippy with good purity. 94\/100<\/p>\n
\n22 year old vines planted at 3200 vines\/hectare. 40% whole bunch. Supple with lovely red fruits, very fine grained structure and nice brightness. Raspberry fruit with some sappy notes. Forward, with a bit of flesh, and very fine. 95\/100<\/p>\n
\nSupple, bright and fresh with lovely juiciness. Very fine and expressive with redcurrant and sweet red cherries, a hint of sappiness and some juicy detail. Nice precision. 94\/100<\/p>\n
\nPart 2,\u00a0 Mahi<\/a>
\nPart 3, Fromm<\/a>
\nPart 4, Saint Clair Pioneer Block wines<\/a>
\nPart 5, Spy Valley<\/a>
\nPart 6, Two Rivers<\/a>
\nPart 7, Zephyr<\/a>
\nPart 8, Framingham<\/a>
\nPart 9, Clos Henri<\/a>
\nPart 10, Brancott, Stoneleigh and Deutz<\/a>
\nPart 11, Meeting the Vandals<\/a>
\nPart 12, The Growers’ Story<\/a> (video)
\nPart 13, Novum<\/a>
\nPart 14, Folium<\/a>
\nPart 15, Villa Maria<\/a>
\nPart 16, Corofin<\/a>
\nPart 17, Hans Herzog<\/a>
\nPart 18, Te Pa<\/a>
\nPart 19, Giesen’s single vineyard wines<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"