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Callum's Corkers Likes this wine:

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - Bought £65.00 Lay and Wheeler UK online 2018.

Decanted 6 hrs before tasted at home, kitchen temp.

14.5% alc

Calvert vineyard is a "no chemicals" vineyard.

Food : had with roast duck

C....looked med+ body

N...alc and attractive spices, decent fruit

T.....wonderfully intense flavours but with elegance and balance, impressive length with powerful end, warm alc; a little tar, a little baccy; very classy PN, fresh cleansing acid at 7 yrs old. Soft easy floury tannins, plenty of charm. Not at all mature, great potential yet. I'll drink again in 2021-2024. Lovely silky mouth-feel. 94/100 now, would have been higher if more earthy forest floor characters , which was the only let-down.

VFM?....£65 for a NZ Pinot is near-expensive but I'd wager a £65 burgundy is probably not going to be as good as this.

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