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Vavasour Dashwood Pinot Noir 2002

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Vavasour Dashwood Pinot Noir (2002)

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Winery:
Vavasour
Varietal:
Pinot Noir
Region:
New Zealand
Type:
Red Wine
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Pinot Noir: Responsible for some of the greatest wines on earth - the exhausted red wines of France's Burgundy region. Pinot Noir is a notoriously fickle grape that expresses its origins like no other. It's a vine that needs to struggle to produce great wines but when it does the depth of flavors that range from cherry to cola can be explosive and the wines' bright acidity and gentle tannins make them approachable and widely appealing,

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The 2002 season provided ideal conditions for Pinot Noir, producing some of the highest quality fruit we have seen in recent vintages. Warm, but not too hot days and cold nights have resulted in vibrant fruit flavours and soft persistent tannins. The 2002 Dashwood Pinot Noir was hand harvested from selected Wairau and Awatere Valley vineyards. Tannin and colour were extracted using traditional hand plunging techniques. This wine has a bright garnet colour in the glass. The nose shows spicy cherry fruit, with hints of black plum. The silky textured palate has rich plum flavours, and a long, soft read more...


 

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