From a case bought at the winery on release. Semi-transparent black-red ruby but somewhat mulled colour. Nose is lifted, high acidity mulberry with some deeper tones in the background. Palate is sharp, somewhat fruit-faded with the acidity now poking too much to the fore. Will still be good if drank with fatty lamb but otherwise on a downward path of ‘drink up’. Still love these wines. Fine quality wine-making! 88 on 29 March but another bottle on 30 March was much better with more fruit, depth and nice spice - an easy 90 pts but still ‘drink up’.
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Transparent and brightly jewelled lambs’ blood colour. Nose is attractive lightly scented coffee grounds, milk chocolate and strawberries. Palate is quite tart and rather thin wild strawberries and a bit of woodland undergrowth but with the acid starting to poke through a bit too much. Not much length or resonance on the finish but this is a perfectly acceptable 15 year-old light and elegant lunchtime wine from a great Central Otago producer.
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Slightly controversial wine when drunk recently with a friend. My comments suggested a fully mature savory wine with notes of barnyard and freshly turned earth overlaying the cherry fruit notes. Light brown tinge to the wine suggests it is nearing the end of its life but palate was still juicy with fresh acidity and herbal savory elements intertwined with sour cherry/berry and a super fine dusty and dry finish. Time to drink up me thinks
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Quite different to 2,5 years ago - my conclusion is that the previous bottle was indeed flawed. Light red/brown colour, mostly berries and some earth with medium body and a medium long finish. Quite enjoyable for a PN with good balance.
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Drank at home over dinner on two consecutive nights. Light brownish red transparent colour. Attractive nose of dark cherries and other dark berries together with ripe strawberries and some earth. Good balance on the palate of tannin and acid with similar fruits to the nose except with a distinct touch of Milky Bar white chocolate on the back end. Very good indeed and has bags of life left in it.
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Pretty much the same as last tasting, nine months earlier, right down to the prickle on tongue. [Last note: Brick coloured. Berries and clean, wet earth on the nose; shows a lot of development and yet it's screwcapped. Same berry fruit and earthiness on palate, plus nice ash/minerality and meaty iron/rusty savouriness. Big and smooth tannins, just-right acidity, moderate alcohol (12.5% label), slight prickle on tongue. Full bodied and very concentrated (for a Pinot), nice use of oak, long and complex.]
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Light red/brown, cherries, first day very aggressive acidity so much as I thought it was flawed. Second day did better (with food) but still a lot of acidity. Will not touch the next bottle for a couple of years so time will tell whether it really was flawed.
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Brick coloured. Berries and clean, wet earth on the nose; shows a lot of development and yet it's screwcapped. Same berry fruit and earthiness on palate, plus nice ash/minerality and meaty iron/rusty savouriness. Big and smooth tannins, just-right acidity, moderate alcohol (12.5% label), slight prickle on tongue. Full bodied and very concentrated (for a Pinot), nice use of oak, long and complex. I like it a lot.
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3/30/2022 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 90 Points
From a case bought at the winery on release. Semi-transparent black-red ruby but somewhat mulled colour. Nose is lifted, high acidity mulberry with some deeper tones in the background. Palate is sharp, somewhat fruit-faded with the acidity now poking too much to the fore. Will still be good if drank with fatty lamb but otherwise on a downward path of ‘drink up’. Still love these wines. Fine quality wine-making! 88 on 29 March but another bottle on 30 March was much better with more fruit, depth and nice spice - an easy 90 pts but still ‘drink up’.
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2/8/2020 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 87 Points
Transparent and brightly jewelled lambs’ blood colour. Nose is attractive lightly scented coffee grounds, milk chocolate and strawberries. Palate is quite tart and rather thin wild strawberries and a bit of woodland undergrowth but with the acid starting to poke through a bit too much. Not much length or resonance on the finish but this is a perfectly acceptable 15 year-old light and elegant lunchtime wine from a great Central Otago producer.
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3/3/2012 - RBRG wrote: 90 Points
Slightly controversial wine when drunk recently with a friend. My comments suggested a fully mature savory wine with notes of barnyard and freshly turned earth overlaying the cherry fruit notes. Light brown tinge to the wine suggests it is nearing the end of its life but palate was still juicy with fresh acidity and herbal savory elements intertwined with sour cherry/berry and a super fine dusty and dry finish. Time to drink up me thinks
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10/22/2011 - MightyMike wrote: 90 Points
Quite different to 2,5 years ago - my conclusion is that the previous bottle was indeed flawed. Light red/brown colour, mostly berries and some earth with medium body and a medium long finish. Quite enjoyable for a PN with good balance.
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5/20/2011 - Gilda wrote:
som alltid fräsch och god till fisk, Hällefile med morotspure
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1/17/2010 - lumpkins wrote: 82 Points
disappointing. past it's prime with really no fruit left - very one dimensional. too much alcohol and very acidic.
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1/1/2010 - stevek54 wrote: 89 Points
solid round flavor. some fruit in the nose, not particularly long finish. good balance of fruit and earth flavors.
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7/2/2008 - Goldstone wrote: 89 Points
Drank at home over dinner on two consecutive nights. Light brownish red transparent colour. Attractive nose of dark cherries and other dark berries together with ripe strawberries and some earth. Good balance on the palate of tannin and acid with similar fruits to the nose except with a distinct touch of Milky Bar white chocolate on the back end. Very good indeed and has bags of life left in it.
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5/21/2008 - Barbara B wrote: 92 Points
Pretty much the same as last tasting, nine months earlier, right down to the prickle on tongue. [Last note: Brick coloured. Berries and clean, wet earth on the nose; shows a lot of development and yet it's screwcapped. Same berry fruit and earthiness on palate, plus nice ash/minerality and meaty iron/rusty savouriness. Big and smooth tannins, just-right acidity, moderate alcohol (12.5% label), slight prickle on tongue. Full bodied and very concentrated (for a Pinot), nice use of oak, long and complex.]
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2/5/2008 - MightyMike wrote: 75 Points
Light red/brown, cherries, first day very aggressive acidity so much as I thought it was flawed. Second day did better (with food) but still a lot of acidity. Will not touch the next bottle for a couple of years so time will tell whether it really was flawed.
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8/20/2007 - Barbara B wrote: 92 Points
Brick coloured. Berries and clean, wet earth on the nose; shows a lot of development and yet it's screwcapped. Same berry fruit and earthiness on palate, plus nice ash/minerality and meaty iron/rusty savouriness. Big and smooth tannins, just-right acidity, moderate alcohol (12.5% label), slight prickle on tongue. Full bodied and very concentrated (for a Pinot), nice use of oak, long and complex. I like it a lot.
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