For the price I paid (£15 IB) this is good to very good - it has intensity and weight of fruit - but it does taste a bit too much of the winemaking. I'd have to say that the struck match scent and flavour is too strong for me.
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It's a very well made medium bodied pinot noir with sweet but well balanced fruit - but it's just not very exciting. I think I was probably looking for a bit more complexity and length given the reputation of the producer and the price point.
Strikes me as a very solid 90 pointer. I'd be on the line of the 16 / 16.5 in the 20 point scale.
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Suspect this is just not too my tastes. Has intensity but not much weight - lean, lemon-dominant, higher acid and just not very generous. Perhaps time will help but I'm not sure the fruit is there.
I far preferred the 2020 Niepoort Douro Redoma Branco to this.
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2016 Guffens-Heynen Vaucluse L'Interdit de Guffens
9/6/2023 - Guidodelorraine Likes this wine:
For the price I paid (£15 IB) this is good to very good - it has intensity and weight of fruit - but it does taste a bit too much of the winemaking. I'd have to say that the struck match scent and flavour is too strong for me.
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2017 Newton Johnson Pinot Noir Family Vineyards
9/4/2023 - Guidodelorraine wrote:
It's a very well made medium bodied pinot noir with sweet but well balanced fruit - but it's just not very exciting. I think I was probably looking for a bit more complexity and length given the reputation of the producer and the price point.
Strikes me as a very solid 90 pointer. I'd be on the line of the 16 / 16.5 in the 20 point scale.
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2018 Niepoort Dão Conciso Branco
8/22/2023 - Guidodelorraine wrote:
Suspect this is just not too my tastes. Has intensity but not much weight - lean, lemon-dominant, higher acid and just not very generous. Perhaps time will help but I'm not sure the fruit is there.
I far preferred the 2020 Niepoort Douro Redoma Branco to this.
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