2012 Squitchy Lane Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  8/26/2018 - Delectable Blue Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This is developing beautifully. The dark and red berried fruit are now quite rich and have great depth but still feeling quite fresh. The mid-palate is fleshing out and has nicely layered complexity, with mixed sweet french herbs and cola flavours. There is beautiful tension between the richness of the fruit and the complexity of the mid-palate. The tannins are very supple and slightly drying, the acidity still fresh. The finish is long and highly perfumed, with raspberry and vanilla highlights. Very nice.

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  4/20/2017 - Delectable Blue Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This bottle presented significantly differently to my first bottle. The nose and the palate are now highly perfumed and floral, and there is no longer an overwhelming bracing acidity to the wine. The palate is dominated by soft strawberry flavours, backed by rose petal and other assorted floral highlights. The flavours are very delicate and detailed and there is no hint of austerity. The tannins are very fine and the finish is long and highly perfumed. Very nice.

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  7/31/2016 - Delectable Blue Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Initially quite thin and acidic, with very little fruit evident on the palate. The tannins quite prominent. After a 3 hour decant the wine had softened appreciably, but still tasted slightly acidic and sharp. Flavour wise there was not a lot going on, the red cherry and green strawberry flavours were very subdued, and whilst there was some secondary complexity, with a hint of potpourri and wet straw, there was no real depth to the flavours. After a further 2 hours the flavours really started coming together into a coherent whole. So a very long decant is highly recommenced. On its own that heightened acidity was a little bracing, however it meant that the wine paired very well with richer foods (beef wellington specifically).
  
  The Squitchy has been described as a subtle wine. I would certainly agree with that assessment. I would also describe it as somewhat of a chameleon, dependant on sufficient breathing time to show its true colours. It is certainly not a bad wine, but I do find myself searching for more complexity. If it had a bit more funk, some barnyard or forest floor notes, with a richer mouthfeel I would rate it quite highly.
  
  I suspect that that the wine is probably going through a dumb phase at the moment. The one positive is that the tannins and acid should allow for some continued bottle development in the coming years. Lets hope so, because the wine promises a lot, but doesn’t yet quite deliver on that promise.

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