2008 Dog Point Vineyard Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  12/13/2020 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Dark, rusty burgundy in color.
  Lots of red fruit off the nose. More stewed than bright, but very evident. Some iodine and meaty characteristics.
  Perfectly balanced. Smooth. Heady. Longish finish. Taste like the nose. High QPR (-1 Pt)

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  12/25/2018 - Keith Cooper wrote: 95 Points

  This is my last bottle of this vintage and I have thoroughly enjoyed every bottle. This bottle opened and decanted for 30 minutes to accompany turkey at Christmas dinner. It was a great match. Ten years on from the vintage and it is drinking wonderfully, however I wouldn't recommend keeping for any longer. Lots of cherry and strawberry fruit. Smooth, with soft tannins. A good amount of body. I'd say it's the perfect demonstration of how a well made New Zealand pinot can keep for 10 years, yet still provide the fresh fruit enjoyment that would normally be found in a younger pinot.

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  4/7/2018 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 95 Points

  I always think it is a shame that so many new world wines are drunk young. Yes, of course pinots like this are made to be ready to drink early and the winemakers encourage that. But drinking a good pinot like this at 10 years after the vintage shows what a great experience mature pinot brings. The appearance was generally still young, medium Burgundy colour. There's good fruit on the nose and palate, with a hint of strawberries, also an overtone of charred meat. The palate shows cherries with a slight bitterness. Medium length, rich. Hugely enjoyable. It is fully mature now, drinking very well, I wouldn't recommend keeping any longer.

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  11/19/2017 - Pontifax Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Patience was required with this New World Pinot Noir.... nearly 10 years old, and the acidity and fruit have woven together like , a fine carpet.
  Dense cherry pit and hints of coffee on nose, ripe blueberry,clove and cinnamon as well as herbal characteristics on palate...may have 2-3 more years to age, no rush.... . not Burgundian, but a fine example of New World wine making.

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  8/18/2014 - graemeg wrote: flawed

  {cork, 14%} Cherry and pastrami, but there's also a flat metallic tinge that I suspect might have been caused by (yet another) weeping cork. Level wasn't down much, but I'm still not confident this is showing its best. Ripe and warm, with fine dusty tannins and a decent spine of acid, it's medium/full-bodied by pinot standards, but a bit hollow on the mid-palate, despite its medium length finish. Probably a pretty decent wine, if the cork has behaved itself.

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