Pleasantly surprised that is wine holding up so well at 7 years. Sweet fruit in a good sense , gentle tannins, some cherry on the nose, this is a good example of a Tasmanian pinot noir.
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From day two again. Viscus dark red color. Fresh red berry and menthol aromas. Strawberry and cherry jam flavors with some weight and decent acidity for food. Nice finish.
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Bright and fruity aroma of dusty roadside berries with a shy floral note. Slightly hollow on the palate with a sweet fruit surround, acid there but not helping, slightly bitter aftertaste, disjointed. Perfectly drinkable, somewhat interesting. 50 + 16 + 15 + 7 = 88.
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I agree with @mehalchin that in a blind taste this might pass for Grenache. Strawberry with a cherry core, almost like syrup in its density. Lots of smoke and pepper (even 24 hours after opening). It is better with some air than after first unscrewing the cap, when the pepper notes are seriously overwhelming. It is settling down a bit now, nudging my score up a notch. Solid, well-made, doesn't taste hot to me, but not something that is a wow. Cool-climate example of New World Pinot, on the syrupy and fruity side.
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I don't think I would buy this again but more because it's just not my thing, not because it is a terrible wine. Contra my prior note from 5 months ago, not too hot this time.
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Light fresh strawberry and cherry notes, mushrooms and earth, a little funky. Medium bodied, ripe, long finish, savory and sweet, interesting complxity. Nice long finish. Showed good Pinot character.
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If this were in a blind tasting I think a lot of people would mistake it for a Grenache based Cotes du Rhone. That said we enjoyed it. Definitely carries some heat, but unlike other reviewers we found the heat on the finish fading after 90 minutes or so.
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As a pop and pour, we picked up a jammy quality to the fruit, some heat bound to glycerine and white spice AND green peppercorn. Unfortunately, there is an aluminum tinge in the finish. IT took about three hours for this aluminum to blow off. The green peppercorn flaw blew off earlier. I would also say that the jammy fruits and candied cherry flavors dropped off. The heat remained borne of acidity I think rather than alcohol, and I'm unsure where that glycerine mouthfeel went too as I didn't pick up an unctuous quality later in the night. Actually, as the wine developed the nose improved but the finish declined as the heat became more exacerbated...I'm convinced from acidity. The finish after thirty seconds gives the taste in your mouth that's quite similar to that left five to ten seconds after removing a nine volt battery from your tongue.
Josh Reynolds gave this 92 points. Note to self, Josh Reynolds has a FAR different palate than mine! Moreover, if you bought this from Rimmerman, then you have to wonder whether he tried the wine or simply found the IWC score and thought it hit is sub $30 for a 92 point wine and cha-ching.
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At first this was, as prior notes state, hot with alcohol. But that subsided, and this wine does have some interesting stuff going on. Also some brett as prior notes state, which it would be nicer without. But my main complaint is that this is a little too thick and sweet. That said, some interesting spice, black pepper, mint, and sage. Or something like that. Not a bad drink, but maybe not my cup of tea.
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Light ruby. Nice berry nose with savory notes. Sweet simple juice on the palate, concentrated but short of being jammy, nice aromatic back notes, with a short decisive finish. Not quite my style but quite attractive and well structured, clear and delicious. 50 + 15 +15 + 7.
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I opened this on reading other notes indicating heat, and unfortunately they were proven right. Unfortunate, given this wine has other virtues. The cherry fruit and sweet yet spicy herbs are nice on the palate if you can ignore the heat (which you really can't for long) and blind I would have called this an Oregon pinot. That said, even apart from the heat the finish is short and rather diffuse. The profile minus the heat reminds me of Chehalem's style, and given their entry level bottling is not very expensive either, it's hard to get too excited about this wine.
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Monday Night Blinds (Home (Noe st)): Very confused by this - it's pretty hot with relatively low acid for pinot. Not exactly my cup of tea, but it's complex. Upon retasting, there's a slightly candied carbonic character, and slight brett.
------- Red wine, clear, slightly cloudy, moderate minus ruby to garnet rim Nose: m+ intensity, developing, red fruit, very ripe, almost syrupy red cherry, also reductive. Black or brown olives. Turned earth. Savoriness, like cured meat. Herbaciousness like rosemary, not pyrazines. Neutral barrels with quite sweetness. No overt oak. Actually there's development but there's also alceteldehyde. Palate: Dry, m+ body, elevated alcohol (14%), medium acid, bitterness, moderate tannins, actually m+ acid, jammy, baked strawberry, jammy, baked strawberry. No new oak, neutral barrles. Tannins are moderate, very fine and papery. Baked earth, no herbaciousness on palate. Dried roses.
Based on earthiness, this is an old world wine from a warm climate. With red fruit and weight, this could be grenache blend from southern rhone. Rosemary is consistent with that, so is low oak.
New world Grenache? Not the ripeness of attack of Australian Grenache. Very clear aceteldyhde, which is a signature of Grenache.
From Southern Rhone! Chataneuf du Pape. Prominantly Grenache. Recent vintage, 2012, from a high quality producer.
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Tasmania Unbottled: Bright nose - cherry and raspberry with a little spice in the background. Nicely approachable and easy to drink with medium length.
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11/25/2022 - mdanyc Likes this wine: 89 Points
Austere but very characteristic. Acidic, high-toned.
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3/27/2020 - burlingtonm Likes this wine: 89 Points
Pleasantly surprised that is wine holding up so well at 7 years. Sweet fruit in a good sense , gentle tannins, some cherry on the nose, this is a good example of a Tasmanian pinot noir.
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6/7/2019 - ewsds Likes this wine: 90 Points
Savory red and blue fruits with a nice finish. Not fantastic, but a nice sipper. Nice to try a Pinot from the Southern Hemisphere.
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1/5/2019 - davidspieker wrote: 88 Points
From day two again. Viscus dark red color. Fresh red berry and menthol aromas. Strawberry and cherry jam flavors with some weight and decent acidity for food. Nice finish.
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7/20/2018 - wgmccallum wrote: 88 Points
Bright and fruity aroma of dusty roadside berries with a shy floral note. Slightly hollow on the palate with a sweet fruit surround, acid there but not helping, slightly bitter aftertaste, disjointed. Perfectly drinkable, somewhat interesting. 50 + 16 + 15 + 7 = 88.
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3/13/2017 - drdebs Likes this wine: 88 Points
I agree with @mehalchin that in a blind taste this might pass for Grenache. Strawberry with a cherry core, almost like syrup in its density. Lots of smoke and pepper (even 24 hours after opening). It is better with some air than after first unscrewing the cap, when the pepper notes are seriously overwhelming. It is settling down a bit now, nudging my score up a notch. Solid, well-made, doesn't taste hot to me, but not something that is a wow. Cool-climate example of New World Pinot, on the syrupy and fruity side.
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2/25/2017 - Rhone Rick wrote: 87 Points
I like cold weather pinots but this lacked any pizazz. Light and crisp with an abundance of jammy fruit but nothing else of note.
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1/29/2017 - cab wrote:
I don't think I would buy this again but more because it's just not my thing, not because it is a terrible wine. Contra my prior note from 5 months ago, not too hot this time.
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12/23/2016 - thebonnydooner wrote: 90 Points
Light fresh strawberry and cherry notes, mushrooms and earth, a little funky. Medium bodied, ripe, long finish, savory and sweet, interesting complxity. Nice long finish. Showed good Pinot character.
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11/14/2016 - davidspieker wrote: 87 Points
On day two. Nice ruby color. Cherry cough syrup aroma. Juicy with consistent flavors and some earth with lighter finish. Too medicinal for my taste.
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10/29/2016 - mehalchin wrote:
If this were in a blind tasting I think a lot of people would mistake it for a Grenache based Cotes du Rhone. That said we enjoyed it. Definitely carries some heat, but unlike other reviewers we found the heat on the finish fading after 90 minutes or so.
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10/18/2016 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 88 Points
As a pop and pour, we picked up a jammy quality to the fruit, some heat bound to glycerine and white spice AND green peppercorn. Unfortunately, there is an aluminum tinge in the finish. IT took about three hours for this aluminum to blow off. The green peppercorn flaw blew off earlier. I would also say that the jammy fruits and candied cherry flavors dropped off. The heat remained borne of acidity I think rather than alcohol, and I'm unsure where that glycerine mouthfeel went too as I didn't pick up an unctuous quality later in the night. Actually, as the wine developed the nose improved but the finish declined as the heat became more exacerbated...I'm convinced from acidity. The finish after thirty seconds gives the taste in your mouth that's quite similar to that left five to ten seconds after removing a nine volt battery from your tongue.
Josh Reynolds gave this 92 points. Note to self, Josh Reynolds has a FAR different palate than mine! Moreover, if you bought this from Rimmerman, then you have to wonder whether he tried the wine or simply found the IWC score and thought it hit is sub $30 for a 92 point wine and cha-ching.
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10/18/2016 - cohnwine wrote:
Way too jammy and overdone. Artificial-seeming fruit. I'm disappointed. A rare clinker from Garagiste.
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8/5/2016 - Bacchus NYC Likes this wine: 89 Points
Less austere but similar to Carneros Pinots. Lighter with more minerality with concentrated fruit.
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8/3/2016 - cab wrote:
At first this was, as prior notes state, hot with alcohol. But that subsided, and this wine does have some interesting stuff going on. Also some brett as prior notes state, which it would be nicer without. But my main complaint is that this is a little too thick and sweet. That said, some interesting spice, black pepper, mint, and sage. Or something like that. Not a bad drink, but maybe not my cup of tea.
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7/12/2016 - wgmccallum wrote: 87 Points
Light ruby. Nice berry nose with savory notes. Sweet simple juice on the palate, concentrated but short of being jammy, nice aromatic back notes, with a short decisive finish. Not quite my style but quite attractive and well structured, clear and delicious. 50 + 15 +15 + 7.
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5/30/2016 - ilcalmo wrote: 85 Points
I opened this on reading other notes indicating heat, and unfortunately they were proven right. Unfortunate, given this wine has other virtues. The cherry fruit and sweet yet spicy herbs are nice on the palate if you can ignore the heat (which you really can't for long) and blind I would have called this an Oregon pinot. That said, even apart from the heat the finish is short and rather diffuse. The profile minus the heat reminds me of Chehalem's style, and given their entry level bottling is not very expensive either, it's hard to get too excited about this wine.
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5/23/2016 - cse Does not like this wine:
way too much alcohol. drowns everything else out. new world trying to be old, but failing pretty badly.
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2/29/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 86 Points
Monday Night Blinds (Home (Noe st)): Very confused by this - it's pretty hot with relatively low acid for pinot. Not exactly my cup of tea, but it's complex. Upon retasting, there's a slightly candied carbonic character, and slight brett.
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Red wine, clear, slightly cloudy, moderate minus ruby to garnet rim
Nose: m+ intensity, developing, red fruit, very ripe, almost syrupy red cherry, also reductive. Black or brown olives. Turned earth. Savoriness, like cured meat. Herbaciousness like rosemary, not pyrazines. Neutral barrels with quite sweetness. No overt oak. Actually there's development but there's also alceteldehyde.
Palate: Dry, m+ body, elevated alcohol (14%), medium acid, bitterness, moderate tannins, actually m+ acid, jammy, baked strawberry, jammy, baked strawberry. No new oak, neutral barrles. Tannins are moderate, very fine and papery. Baked earth, no herbaciousness on palate. Dried roses.
Based on earthiness, this is an old world wine from a warm climate. With red fruit and weight, this could be grenache blend from southern rhone. Rosemary is consistent with that, so is low oak.
New world Grenache? Not the ripeness of attack of Australian Grenache.
Very clear aceteldyhde, which is a signature of Grenache.
From Southern Rhone! Chataneuf du Pape. Prominantly Grenache. Recent vintage, 2012, from a high quality producer.
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8/11/2014 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Tasmania Unbottled: Bright nose - cherry and raspberry with a little spice in the background. Nicely approachable and easy to drink with medium length.
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