{cork, 13.5%, A$55}. Murky bilgewater colour. But, with pinot, don't worry about that! The nose is wonderfully secondary; all rotting vegetables, compost, wet earth - a positive festival of bacterial smells (not brett, though). These are decaying red fruits; squishy strawberries and plums. Oak not apparent, despite liberal use in aging (11mths, 100% new French). The palate is now fully resolved, only the silkiest of tannins remain. The flavours are much as the nose suggests, with structural components all in harmony and a long, medium weight finish capping it all off. Nowhere left to go, but a pleasure to drink now, and in retrospect was worth the money (perhaps not subsequent vintages though, as the price rose alarmingly, and rather out of step with quality...)
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4/11/2010 - Edwind wrote: 83 Points
Did not hold up.
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12/19/2009 - graemeg wrote:
{cork, 13.5%, A$55}. Murky bilgewater colour. But, with pinot, don't worry about that! The nose is wonderfully secondary; all rotting vegetables, compost, wet earth - a positive festival of bacterial smells (not brett, though). These are decaying red fruits; squishy strawberries and plums. Oak not apparent, despite liberal use in aging (11mths, 100% new French). The palate is now fully resolved, only the silkiest of tannins remain. The flavours are much as the nose suggests, with structural components all in harmony and a long, medium weight finish capping it all off. Nowhere left to go, but a pleasure to drink now, and in retrospect was worth the money (perhaps not subsequent vintages though, as the price rose alarmingly, and rather out of step with quality...)
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11/17/2008 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Noce mixture of tertiary aromas and fruit. Lovely green finish.
A bit spritzy and false now that I am getting in to the bottle more. Maybe too old or an unsound bottle? Not sure how to interperate the spritziness.
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