2022 Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir

Mature Vine is Rippon’s truest voice – drawn from all the fully established Pinot blocks across the estate, many planted on their own roots back in the 80s and 90s. The vineyard spills down a north-facing slope above Lake Wānaka, where schist and glacial gravels shape wines that always carry a quiet hum of the land beneath them.

The 2022 season brought a bit more calm after the cool tension of 2021. Fruit ripened evenly, tannins came in fine and chalky, and Nick Mills let the vintage speak with minimal interference. Wild ferment, gentle extraction, long rest in oak and bottle – no additions, no shortcuts, no rush.

This release has that familiar Rippon clarity – pure red fruit, herbal edge, a mineral frame that keeps it all in focus. It’s not trying to impress, just to express. Drink it young for energy and perfume, or let it sit a few years and watch the detail unfold.