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sommnet International Standard Score is the world's first international drinks scoring programme. Analysis by a statistical and tasting review team has developed a system of simple, accurate scoring that reflects world critical opinion yet is simple to understand.

score 1 – 3
simple beverage wines, ranging from drinkable (1) to pleasant (3)

score 4 – 6
quality wines, ranging from fair (4) to very good (6)

score 7 – 9
premium wines, at the top of their category, ranging from excellent (7) to outstanding (9)

score 10
spectacular wine beyond the parameters of scoring systems. A moment of poetry.


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Escarpment Vineyard
2003
Kupe

Wine Label  
Made from Pinot Noir
Grown in Martinborough in New Zealand - Still Red
Closure: Cork
Looks Dark cerise trimmed red.
Smells Fine, moderately rich bouquet is crammed with deep fruit aromas and a cosmopolitan spiciness, tinged with earth and viscera.
Taste Impact is sleek and close grained, oozing intense fruit and suave oak, slipping seamlessly into a big, deep mid palate that has vigour, richness and intensity. Finish is very long, again dense and fine, with wonderful ripe tannins and a last flash of bright, berryish fruit. A stately wine of real class and presence, its fruit intensity glowing throughout.

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$ n/a Drink From: 2010 to 2018
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Tasted by: Keith Stewart on 9 April 2005

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