Kumeu River, Hunting Hill Pinot Noir

Kumeu River, Hunting Hill Pinot NoirIn 1994 the Brajkoviches established new plantings of Pinot Noir on their Kumeu estate with the aim of producing red wine to rival the quality of their Chardonnay. Carefully selected material from Burgundy was grafted onto extremely low vigour rootstocks to limit the yield and intensify flavour. This is the fourth release of Hunting Hill Pinot Noir with no 2016 being made. The 2017 (the only Hunting Hill Pinot for which notes are available on the

A deft touch of oak frames the cherry and strawberry fruit in this elegant red

intense and more obviously mineral-driven medium weight flavors possess fine balance on the very dry finale

Published on December 31

(from Les Cruots which is also known as Vignes Blanches)

cherry preserve

(from parcels totaling 1

There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the tautly muscular flavors that are also shaped by relatively fine-grained tannins on the balanced and lingering finale

Both bottles I tasted

A slightly riper nose presents notes of pear

There is however noticeably better density to the beautifully textured medium-weight flavors that display excellent length on the balanced

The delicious middle weight flavors possess better intensity and focus and particularly so on the clean

This is already good and is potentially excellent