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Sunday, June 12, 2022 - At most Schubert's vineyard would be a kilometre or two from Kusuda's for the 2016 Kusuda Pinot Noir I recently drank. Stylistically they couldn't be more different ... A bottle drunk over two evenings from Zalto Denk'Art Burgundy glass, during which it barely changed. New oak 45%. Compared with the Kusuda a much more earth bound bouquet. Liquorice, black spices, black and dark red cherries, smoke, forest floor, new leather and a touch of tar. Some dark chocolatey oak spice. Also a hint of lilacs. In the mouth, dense and a little chewy. Dark berried, brambly, earthy and savoury. Powerful with dark plum, bitter dark chocolate and graphite minerality. The meaty, dense fruit, for me, matches and balances the oak tannins. The tannins quite fine grained. The alcohol a shade high at 14.5% ABV but, again, balanced by the fruit. Bright acids. Decent length. Ideally drink from 2025 - 2035.

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