2018 Mount Pleasant Wines Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  5/5/2024 - graemeg wrote:

  {screwcap, 14%} Maturing, malty kind of aromas. Black fruit, touch of vanilla (oak?) too. Quite intense and enticing. The palate disappoints, relatively; it's ripe enough, but diffuse, and the initial richness of fruit seems to dissipate rather quickly. It's only just medium-bodied, with crisp acid, and low, finely grainy tannins, with little sense of oak. Fruit seems rather black cherry, subtle enough. Knowing it's Hunter, there's an implied feel of sandy loam to the palate; it's probably a decent nod to the styles of yore. For that reason, there's no reason to say it won't be still perfectly drinkable in 20 years, but will it really develop complexity, or just age in a fading way? The finish doesn't seem all that long, nor extend past the mid-point of the tongue - that's the real concern in the long term.

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  10/22/2022 - graemeg wrote:

  {screwcap, 14%} Still very young. Vivid crimson colour. Youthful nose of glue, brambles and a kind of sweet cherry jam aroma, but always light. Maybe a pepper influence too? The palate is kind of sandy and briney, with savoury earthy flavours nodding at chianti, minimal apparant oak, light/medium weight, and medium acidity. Low/medium finely gritty tannins round out the palate. It's not terribly concentrated and perhaps sits a bit on the front of the tongue. It actually does taste rather like a shiraz leavened with pinot, so it is a bit of an odd beast in its youth. I can picture the style being enchanting after many years perhaps; this is perfectly OK, but I'd really like to see it in its maturity. Keep as long as you like.

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  10/23/2020 - chatters wrote:

  Hunter Whistlestop 2020 #2 (Hunter Valley): Blackberry, a little earthy spice, sulphur prickle, a little cream and spice underpin and a smidge of leather. Savoury, juicy, plums over blackberry, tight and grippy tannins are persistent. Still quite simple.

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