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Label borrowed from 2005
Label borrowed from 2005
Community Tasting Notes 5
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Son Bui Does not like this wine:
April 29, 2019 - Bad and flat
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Alex H wrote: 79 points
December 21, 2009 - Quite extracted and richly plummish for a pinot. The weight just kept on growing and by the next day, it was more merlot and even cabernet! Richly oaked too i might add, almost dark chocolatey. Touch of earth but dark dirty earth. Ripe cherry and black plums. Fills up the mouth. Not the most polite of wines and certainly kinda brash but bearable and would be appreciated at the right rancous occasion.
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Paul S wrote: 88 points
December 19, 2009 - Cookout at East Coast Park (a grassy patch somewhere near Carpark F2): Some ridiculously high score from Jeremy Oliver. I can see why - this wine flatters to deceives on first taste, with a nice nose, good fruit and great balance. Unfortunately, closer inspection sees it drop to a decent, but unspectacular plateau very quickly, and just about nosedive into vinegarish oblivion withing the hour. At its peak, it certainly had a pleasant, if extremely new world pinot nose - vanilla and cocoa scented oak influences, wet earth, bramble and rich kirsch-like cherry. The palate was big and full, with ripe red cherries, cassis and plums, a bit cola-ish at points, seasoned with eucalyptus and hints of non-too pleasant rubbery tones at point. Not altogether composed, but there was some amount of substance. There was clear alcohol swilling around in there, but still the strongest feature of this wine for me was its great balance, fresh without being sharply acidified like some poorer efforts, this was actually quite a pleasure to drink. Finish was all oak, with little touches of cherries at the side. Not one I would buy, and Alex actually poured some into the beef for seasoning, but I must say that it was a very decent wine. It should get better with a couple more years in the bottle too.
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CamWheeler wrote: 85 points
June 11, 2007 - Ah, controversy, Bannockburn has probably sold more bottles through people wanting to try this for themselves than they would have with a middle of the road review from Jeremy Oliver. Some cherry and caramel to the nose with a hint of mousiness, but no brett on this bottle as far as I could tell. The palate is pretty clean, though simple and lacking texture. Medium length and easy to drink. A decent wine for the money (and if a side benefit is that the main Bannockburn Pinot is better for the removal of this material then even better) but I'd much prefer some other Pinots at this price.
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CamWheeler wrote: flawed
June 6, 2007 - Corked
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Bannockburn
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation The Estate
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- SubRegion Port Phillip
- Appellation Geelong
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 0 (0%)
- Consumed 7 (100%)
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