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  Villa Maria Estate "Private Bin" Pinot Noir 2006 (Marlborough, New Zealand) - [WS 88]
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Winery: Villa Maria Estate
Varietal: 100% Pinot Noir
Region: Marlborough, New Zealand
Vintage: 2006
Bottle Size: 750 ml

Product Code: VILLAMARIAPRIVATEPINOTNOIR06-W

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About This Wine:

VINEYARD DESCRIPTION

Fruit is sourced from a number of vineyards in the Awatere and Wairau Valleys of Marlborough. The sites are all different making their own unique impression on the final blend. All of the vineyards are low yielding, shoot and fruit thinned, and leaf plucked to ensure flavor ripeness.

WINEMAKING

Cold soak techniques were employed to aid and optimize fermentation. Temperatures were allowed to reach 32˚C to add complexity. Post pressing, the majority of the wine went directly to oak barriques, the remaining wine was put to barrel after an extended time in tank on lees. A total oak maturation period of ten months occurred before the wine was blended, filtered and bottled.

What Does It Taste Like?

This wine has a perfumed bouquet of ripe cherries and raspberry fruits - hallmarks of Marlborough Pinot Noir. On the palate the wine displays ripe fruit with complex savory and spice elements. Soft, silky, fine-grained tannins provide structure and definition, yet also allow for the wine to be consumed young.

Awards & Accolades

88 Points - Wine Spectator Magazine:
"Pretty and stylish, with more intensity than weight to fragrant spice, strawberry and wild berry flavors accented by mineral notes and lithe tannins." –DS (May 2008)

Wine Enthusiast Magazine:
"Sturdy and chunky, with pleasant notes of black cherries and plums set off by cola and coffee. It’s mouthfilling and ripe—a pleasant red that doesn’t show the silky, seductive side of Pinot Noir, but a rather more muscular physique." - J.C. (12/31/2007)

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