2008 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 3

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 91 points

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  8/31/2023 - kingkanu wrote:

  Double decanted before heading to the restaurant, so about 2-3 hours before pouring. It’s got a great nose with good dark cherry fruit and spice, it unfurled nicely in the glass and showed good elegance and persistence, there’s more still to come here

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  12/19/2021 - rjpbath Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Delicious. So soft, lovely fruit sweetness. Memorable. I think it is totally at peak now. Enjoy now; I dont think waiting for 'tertiary' is going to be an improvement.

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  5/27/2021 - NickA Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Pinot Noir over lunch (67 Pall Mall): Classy wine. I don't think I'd have guessed this was 13 years old as, whilst relatively mellow, the wine was still quite primary. Silky mouthfeel and impossible not to enjoy.

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  4/8/2020 - kingkanu wrote: 92 Points

  recently acquired, this still tastes relatively youthful although I suspect it’s calmed a lot since release. We decanted an hour and drunk over 3 hours, this wine has many more years left in it. The aromatics are of earth, cherry and raspberry with some star anise and sandalwood, the palate is darker cherry fruit, plum, a few velvety tannins are on the middle of the tongue, and then that wave of acidity washing it through a really long finish. Very nice and would love to check this again in 5 or even 10 years

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  10/14/2019 - jkscully Likes this wine:

  I opened this wine for my birthday. From the Bannockburn sub-region of Central Otago. 14% alcohol. It’s new world, but, I thought, more Oregonian than Californian. Dry with lively acidity and a decent amount of fine-grained tannins. Black fuits, strawberry, cherry, chocolate, sous bois, mushroom, violet, licorice, and a hint of cayenne pepper, but most of all, lots of stoney minerality on the finish. This is a very good wine. I might prefer the right California Pinot to this one, but I would also be happy to drink this wine any day. My first nice Pinot Noir from New Zealand: well done.
  
  Best from Burgundy Sommelier glass. Better with less air, especially on day 2. Don’t drink too cold. Good match with duck, ok match with Beef tenderloin, but best match with olive/fig tapenade and goat cheese.

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