2011 Saint Clair Family Estate Pinot Noir Pioneer Block 14 Doctor's Creek

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.4 points

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  1/13/2017 - trepak Likes this wine: 91 Points

  slightly subdued nose, ripe cherry and a decent hint of forest floor and a touch of oak and spice. Still quite fresh on the palate, a bit of spicy oak, then fades into cherry fruit and a good dollop of acidity leaves a long finish. A very pleasant NZ PN, maybe not top of the line, but still easy to drink and most enjoyable.

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  9/13/2014 - Jono ayton Likes this wine: 82 Points

  Good depth with notes of raspberry and a slight peppery taste.

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  5/21/2014 - Templeton100 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Quite well balanced. Chalky undertones with plummy flavours. Decent length. Decent wine for the price.

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  2/4/2014 - Mr Squiggles Does not like this wine: 79 Points

  This wine was just not particularly good. Maybe I drank it too young, but halfway through dinner it was bracken and ashy. It's the sort of wine I used to think was pinot noir before I drank better examples of the breed, Coldstream Hills for one, or even a Burgundian Cave de Lugny. Within the Saint Clair stable, the Sauvignon Blanc is a much better pick.

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  11/30/2013 - frebro wrote: 84 Points

  Good example of the less fruit-driven New World Pinots. Slighty peppery w raspberries and cherries. Very good nose and initially very promising nusnced palate which kind of collapses as there is almost no lingering. Good wine, very enjoyable but doesn't last.

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