2006 William Downie Pinot Noir Yarra Valley

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 90 points

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  11/2/2012 - CamWheeler wrote: 90 Points

  William Downie Dinner (Sydney, Australia): Rosewater, red cherry and raspberry aromas. Red fruit drives the palate, there is good depth, maybe just needing a touch more acidity to be really great. Should drink well over the next 5-6 years.

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  4/21/2012 - antkorbel wrote: 79 Points

  I liked this on release, but this bottle, not so much. Beetroot and tomato leaf on the nose, tart, acidic, unbalanced and unpleasant. I left for a day and there was no improvement. The rest went down the sink!

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  1/1/2012 - Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 92 Points

  Drank next to a 2010 Failla Sonoma Pinot and these two wines could not be more different. The Failla was a fuyll bodied wine that I found a bit too oaky. The William Downie was very elegant and could really almost pass for Burgundy. Two extremely different examples of new world Pinot Noir.

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  3/18/2008 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 Points

  Black cherry, cedar, lead pencil and raspberry aromas. Layered, complex palate. Has the balance and weight to get even better over the next 5-10 years.

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