97 points - Wonderfully ripe strawberries and flowers with hints of balsamic and cloves as well as smoke, lead pencil and oyster shells. It’s medium-bodied with firm, lightly chewy tannins that are velvety yet crunchy at the same time. Tight at the end. Needs three or four years to soften. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold." - James Suckling

95 points - "The 2023 Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir leads with cranberry and cherry, paprika, blood plum and orange. In the mouth, the wine is chalky and lean, persistent and long through the finish. I do love the texture and shape of these Rippon Pinots. The way they behave on the palate tends to convince me further, over the course of drinking, of just how delicious they are. There are notes of rose petals, crushed rocks, black tea and coastal sage. This is super, superb. It is creamy in its way. It is ripe, but the fruit is evidently in excellent condition. It was handpicked from biodynamically farmed vines, wild fermented and cellared in barrel for two winters prior to bottling, unfined and unfiltered. Drink to 2038." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

95 points - "Granted a moment of custodianship, the primary interest of all who work and live at Rippon is to do justice to this remarkable piece of land.” And that is Rippon in Lake Wanaka, with a simple, yet deeply complex commitment to their land that translates into a wine where delicate purity, lifted fragrance (thanks to a whiff of VA and juiciness), measured minerality, detailed gravelly tannins, and depth of flavours all travel on the same frequency. While the nose is not immediate, alluding to a delicate, old-world style, the palate reveals the true nature of a Central Otago Pinot that is not yet done—one that demands all the time necessary to unfold its whole essence, indifferent to the fleeting fashions of immediacy and instantly likable style." - Lisa Cardelli (Wine Pilot)

95 points - "I love the estate’s description of this wine, 'The farm voice of a distinct parcel of land'. Deep ruby with deep plum, wild strawberry and dark cherry fruits, exuberant and fruit-forward in nature with hints of brown spice, cocoa nibs, citrus blossom and dried rinds, schist, crushed rock. Mountain herbs and dried meats. Plenty of fruit depth and intensity, while retaining a sense of freshness and juicy vibes, with a toothsome, rocky tannin array and bright acidity. Such a lovely wine with detail and clarity to burn. Drink to 2041." - Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points - "Packed with flavour: equal parts of fruit—from raspberry to black cherry—and secondary complexity in the form of seed spice, tea leaves and black olive. The concentrated palate is weighty and evolves nicely from start to finish, moving through layers of earthy, mineral, savoury. The notable structure is submerged under the fruit density and will continue to evolve in bottle. Drink to 2037." - Stephen Wong (The Real Review)

The farm voice of a distinct parcel of land: Rippon. On the western board of Roy’s Bay, Lake Wānaka, Rippon’s north-facing escarpment forms the meeting point of terminal moraines and coarse gravels, all based in schist, on which some of the region’s earliest vines were planted. Rippon is a wine issued from all of the fully developed Pinot Noir vines growing in this land.