Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago 19/20
Very dark red colour, quite full, this has a powerful and bold bouquet, with lively, bright, dark red berry fruits and plums, revealing layers of savoury herb notes. Seeemingly open and juicy with plush red fruits, this builds in concentration, and unfolds flavours of char, toast, spices and dried herbs from its density. 19.0/20 Jan 2013
Dark, deep, purple-hued ruby-red colour, lighter on rim, very youthful in appearance. The nose is full, firmly packed with intense aromas of dark berry fruits complexed by savoury dried herb and undergrowth aromas. Layers of black earth and minerally detail unfolds in the glass adding considerable interest. Medium-full bodied, concentrated, tightly bound and dense flavours of savoury red berry fruit, dried herbs and mineral-earth flavours are enlivened by bright acidity, resulting in excellent energy and tension. Fine-grained tannins support and drive the unfolding, layered flavours, and the wine finishes with long and concentrated, funky liquorice, spice and herb notes. This is a multi-layered, complex Pinot Noir with real concentration. Serve with mushroom-influenced game meat dishes over the next 7-9 years. Clones 5 and 115 from vines planted in 2001 in the Waitaki Valley, fermented with 25% whole bunch to 13.5% alc., the wine aged 11 months in 36% new French oak barrels. 300 cases made. 19.0+/20 Jul 2012 RRP $65.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago19.5/20
Clones 5, 6, 115, 113, 114 and 777 from Gibbston vines planted in 2000, fermented with 25% whole bunch to 13.5% alc., the wine aged 11 months in 32% new French oak barrels. Full, even, dark, purple-hued ruby-red colour with youthful purple rim. The bouquet is extremely elegant in proportion and very refined in expression, with subtly lifted dark red and violetty florals enhancing the dark red berry and cherry aromas. This has beauty in its aromatics. Medium-bodied, this is elegant in presentation, but has a concentrated underlying core to the palate. Detailed flavours of dark red berry and black fruits are lifted by ethereal floral notes and are framed by tightly concentrated and fine-grained tannins. Bright acidity contributes to the fruit sweetness and the flavours flow with finesse to a very long and sustained finish of dark red fruits, florals and some thyme herb nuances. A wine of great beauty and refinement, and with the structure and balance to age 8-10 years. Match with duck and pork. 700 cases made. 19.5/20 Jul 2012 RRP $65.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago19/20
Full, dark, deep, black-hued ruby-red colour with purple hues. This has a full, softly rounded nose of ripe dark plum aromas with notes of liquorice, spices, oak and thyme herbs, lifted with violetty florals. Medium-full bodied, rich, luscious and succulent flavours of ripe, sweet black berry and cherry fruit intermingle with black plum elements. The palate is very smooth and silky with very fine, underlying tannins, the mouthfeel lacy and juicy from bright and balanced acidity. The flavours flow seamlessly along the palate line with finesse and elegance, carrying to a very refined, long finish of black fruits and oak spices. This is a silky-smooth Pinot Noir with lush and ripe black fruit flavours. Match with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern red meat dishes over the next 7-9+ years. Clones 115 and 777 from Bannockburn, vines planted in 2000, fermented with 30% whole bunch to 14.0% alc., the wine aged 11 months in 34% new French oak barrels. 320 cases made. 19.0./20 Jul 2012 RRP $65.00
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Pinot Noir from New Zealand – Otago19.5-/20
Clones 667, 777, 115, Abel and 5 from the ‘Zebra' vineyard, Chinaman's Terrace, Bendigo, from vines planted in 2006, fermented with 25% whole bunch to 14.0% alc., the wine aged 11 months in 30% new French oak. Very full, near impenetrable black-red colour with youthful purple hues. Full, rich and voluminous aromas of ripe dark berry and black cherry essence fruit aromas are complexed by aromas of dark plums, oak spices and black florals that build with great intensity. Full-bodied, the palate is boldly expressed with fully ripened black berry fruits that are sweet, lush and open;y presented. The flavours are broad and mouthfilling and supported by serious extraction resulting in a fulsome presence and texture. This has density, richness and great drive and the flavours grow to feature on a very long and sustained, densely concentrated finish with ripe plum and black berry notes. This big, bold and mouthfilling, fulsome Pinot Noir will be a match with casseroles and slow-cooked red game meat dishes over the next 8-10+ years. 200 cases made. 19.5-/20 Jul 2012 RRP $65.00
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