2002 Cornish Point Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 86.3 points

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  5/15/2014 - tendring wrote: 84 Points

  Wine Education Service - New Zealand - Mature Wines (Imperial College): Very dense, aged, opaque.
  A developed nose, earthy and vegetal, tomato sauce and Marmite; nose became far more pleasant after 30 minutes, I suggest decanting an hour before drinking.
  Baked fruit, good balance, quite long.

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  1/18/2008 - dwood wrote: 91 Points

  clear
  purple/garnet rim, long legs
  nose: intense black cherries, hot pepper, barnyard earthy overtones, vanilla overtones
  palate: intense cherry attack followed by strong lingering fruit
  good acid balance takes over and controls the pepper fruity finish.
  
  The best full bodiied Pinot I have tasted. Superb integration and significantly better than first bottle I tasted in 2006
  
  Superb wine

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  12/29/2006 - Paul D wrote: 83 Points

  Medium ruby core, still showing a hint of youthful purple, medium garnet rim. A lot of spicy oak on the nose, ripe black and red berry fruit, hedonistic and rich. Full bodied on the palate with mouth-coating, soft tannins. More spicy oak and good quality, ripe, juicy berry fruit, strawberries in particular showing on a good length finish with cola notes. There is reasonable balancing acidity here but it still comes across as being heavy and a bit difficult to drink, especially after the first glass or two. Good for what it is, but I'm not as keen on these big pinots as I used to be.

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  12/9/2005 - stephen locke wrote:

  Opened and drunk from bottle - not decanted. Ruby to deep red colour. Very open nose with spice & sweet cherries. Lovely sweet fruit with spicy cherry and vanilla on the palate, sweet tannins good balancing acidity. Long finish. Very good and plenty (3years ?) of life left.

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  3/20/2005 - Paul D wrote: 87 Points

  Medium ruby core, medium cherry rim. Pronounced, developing nose, very spicy with red and black cherries and hints of vanilla. On the palate this has crisp acidity and low/medium soft tannins. Good concentrated fruit with spicy black cherry, red cherry and vanilla with some savoury notes on a good length, balanced finish. Very good, should keep 2-3 years.

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