Pinot Noir from
New Zealand – Otago
18.5+/20Very dark, deep ruby-red colour with black-purple hues, a
little lighter on rim. This has an
elegantly proportioned bouquet with firmly concentrated aromas of ripe dark red
berries and plums infused with iron-earth minerals and complexing savoury dark
herbs, liquorice and reductive elements.
Some cherry liqueur nuances emerge with aeration. Medium-full bodied, the palate is very
tightly concentrated with intense flavours of ripe dark raspberries, black
cherries, liquorice and minerals. Layers
of spicy herbs and iron-earth unfold, adding complexity. The fruit is supported by significant
extraction, the tannins firm and fine-grained, providing real linearity. Discreet, lacy acidity lends energy and
drive, carrying the wine to a very firm, lingering finish of raspberry and
cherry liqueur along with tarry minerals.
This is a very tight and concentrated Pinot Noir with raspberry and
cherry liqueur flavours, earth and mineral complexity and a firmly textured,
long finish. Match with lamb, beef,
venison and hard cheeses over the next 7-10 years. Hand-picked fruit, clones 10/5, 5, 115, 667,
777 and Abel, from vines planted in 1998, given a cold soak and indigenous
yeast fermented with a small percentage of whole bunches to 14.0% alc., the
wine with a cuvaison of 24 days and aged 14 months in 24% new French oak
barriques. 18.5+/20 Jun 2015
RRP $47.50