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Escarpment Kupe Single Vineyard Pinot Noir Martinborough New Zealand 2021

Escarpment Kupe Single Vineyard Pinot Noir Martinborough New Zealand 2021

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(Wine Advocate Score 92) The 2021 Kupe Pinot Noir is, true to form, densely muscular, with a rippling, spicy sort of countenance on the nose. There's resin and clove, alpine mint and tapenade, mulberry, damson and satsuma plum. In the mouth, the wine is fleshy, savory and complex, with a ripe, ribald sort of finish—an uptick to the almost corpulent mid-palate. Many will love the density of this wine, the muscle of it. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Kupe was close-planted and picked on March 30. The Abel clone was picked on April 6, similar to 2022. It's 45% whole bunch, plunged once daily and was on skins for 31 days. Aging was in 42% new barriques for 19 months, with a racking and light fining during that time. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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This is the fourteenth release from The Escarpment Vineyard’s close planted vineyard on Te Muna Road, Martinborough. The vines which have grown this wine have been our pride and joy since being planted in 1999. The spacing of 1.5m * 1m (6,600 vines/ha) is approaching the planting densities used in Burgundy, from where the inspiration for this wine originates.

The harvest period was cooler than normal with correspondingly fresher flavours, something we have been moving towards to gain better balance and elegance. It has created fruit harvested in brilliant condition giving ripe flavours and soft tannins.

Fermented in wooden French cuvees, hand plunged and aged in 50% new French oak barriques for 18 months. It was bottled without fining or filtration, promoting soft mouth feel and balance. The wine was given every priority during its elevation and now shows all the hallmarks of a grand young wine on release in 2018.

It is at the vanguard of Pinot noir style in the New World and should age gracefully for up to 10 years. The wine is a true reflection of both Martinborough’s unique terroir and the skills and experience of winemakers Larry McKenna and Tim Bourne.

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