2018 Valli Pinot Noir Bannockburn Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90 points

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  11/10/2023 - Mulvk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Cherries but more complexity with mushrooms. Drinking well.

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  6/16/2021 - levicn wrote: 88 Points

  醒酒半小时，淡宝石红紫红色酒体，闻香是红樱桃、蔓越莓一类酸果香气，一些矿物气息和淡奶油味，入口酸度漂亮，单宁很紧致，颗粒细腻，咸咸的酒液带出一点点矿物感，收口是甜的，樱桃一类新鲜红色水果香气伴随着淡淡的橡木桶奶油味，香气比较简单，收尾有明显的辛辣感，能明显感受到中奥塔哥黑皮诺的那种力量感，余味不长，是细腻红果和奶香。一款标准质量的中奥塔哥黑皮诺，新世界风格，可能是因为太新的关系，感觉酒还没发展到平衡的阶段，香气偏单薄不太能压得住酒后段的力量感，导致收尾会有一些酒精感。

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  1/27/2021 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:

  The End of the Golden Weather: a pre-COVID-19 Visit to Central Otago in Autumn 2020: About 30% whole bunch. From a high, exposed site, in the context of Bannockburn. Darker ruby than the Gibbston. Also a darker fruited, more complex nose than the Gibbston with baking spices, warm tilled earth and strong notes of bramble and dry underbrush. On palate, shy and tight. Well structured. Fine and linear with good freshness and sparkling acidity. More black fruit, earth and bramble than the Gibbston. Drink from now but would benefit from a couple of years cellaring. A stand out Pinot. Rated: 2/4

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  12/23/2020 - DrZett wrote: 89 Points

  Nice NZ Pinot, still a little too young. Wait some more years.

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  1/24/2020 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 91 Points

  brief notes, small pour
  
  N....mildly pongy in a Burgundian sense, some complexity, I liked it. Interesting.
  
  T.....again, a French style, what's happening on the Nose is reflected on the palate: decent power and length, interesting wine, medium body, drinking well now but has cellar potential, ends med-dry. A classy interesting NZ Pinot in a style closer to Burgundy than the NW.
  
  Rec RP £49.99......worth that, this Bannockburn is better value than their 'Gibbston Vineyard' label from the same year.

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