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Community Tasting Notes 16
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Burgnick Likes this wine: 91 points
September 13, 2023 - Very aromatic with flowers, red currants and perfume. Palate was red fruit driven but slightly artificial which gave it away as new world when it was served blind. Very good fruit purity but notably light on the palate.
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steinersing wrote: 95 points
January 10, 2023 - This bottle in another restaurant without decanting. Enjoyed it more - wonderful freshness and intensity. Precise.
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steinersing wrote: 93 points
December 29, 2022 - Lovely nose, quite flowery in a Burgundian way. Clean and well defined. No red berry jam attack as in some other NZ Pinots, obviously.
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melvinyeowq wrote: 90 points
December 22, 2022 - Mainly Bordeaux at Victuals: Slightly jammy nose that reminded me of a wine that undergone carbonic maceration, but wasn't funky in any way. A little reductive to start with, clearly a new-world Pinot with some ripe strawberry and cherries on the nose, some spice on the palate. Apparently this is one of the best new-world Pinot producers but I liked this less than the others I think.
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MarshallLi Likes this wine: 92 points
August 20, 2022 - Pale ruby, medium plus nose of violet, red currant, strawberry, raspberry, hint of earth, light body, medium finish. Reminds me of volnay, maybe close to marquis d’angerville, simple, clean but really good balance. I have to say Bellhill is the best New Zealand Pinot noir I ever had, way more better than Felton road.
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By Rebecca Gibb MW
Making the Case for New Zealand Reds (Mar 2021), 3/1/2021 (link)(Bell Hill Pinot Noir Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Szabo, MS
2/18/2021 (link)(Bell Hill Estate Pinot Noir, North Canterbury red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Michael Godel
2/12/2021 (link)(Bell Hill Estate Pinot Noir, North Canterbury red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By David Lawrason
2/12/2021 (link)(Bell Hill Estate Pinot Noir, North Canterbury red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Allen Meadows
Oct-20, Issue #80 (link)(Bell Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Mike Bennie
8/9/2020 (link)(Bell Hill Pinot Noir) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
8/12/2019 (link)(Bell Hill Pinot Noir Canterbury, Red, New Zealand) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Bell Hill
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country New Zealand
- Region South Island
- SubRegion Canterbury
- Appellation Canterbury
- UPC Code 9402016110086
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 42 (13%)
- In Cellars 247 (74%)
- Consumed 45 (13%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
88% Like It 8 votes
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- ProducerBell Hill
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionCanterbury
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