Pinot Noir at Moncur
Bistro Moncur, Sydney
Tasted Monday, May 15, 2023 by chatters with 126 views
Introduction
After last year I was very happy to re-attend this rather splendid event. As I was also squeezing in the Gambero Rosso tasting I couldn't spend as much time here as I would have liked.
Flight 1 (47 Notes)
Closing
After last year it was very interesting to see winemakers get on top of wild ferment far better. Whole bunch was, for the most part, well controlled and the fruit was allowed to shine a little more. Interesting and rather whet's my appetite for Pinot Palooza later this year.
2020 Nashdale Lane Pinot Noir Colour Series
Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange
Medium minus intensity aromas of red fruit, a bit funky, strawberry, spice. In the mouth it's sour, tart, and unpleasant with red currant fruit, textured tannins, nah
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2022 Emmalene Pinot Noir
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Jubey (carbo crush?), red over blackberry, sweet spices, slight wood glue. Juicy, fleshy, wetly dilute, pretty fruit though and a little texture, Hmm
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2022 Cooks Lot Pinot Noir
Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange
Medium minus intensity aromas of a little tar, muted red fruits, slight sour on the palate with red fruit, wetly dilute, woody tannins. Meh
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2022 Cooks Lot Pinot Noir Handpicked
Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange
Red cherry, sweet spice, a little earthy underpin, juicy, fleshy, slightly bitter and hard with drying tannins. It's a bit foursquare - time to settle?
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2019 Cooks Lot Pinot Noir Iconique Barrique
Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange
Struck match, a little red and black fruit plays 2nd fiddle. Juicy, savoury, quite tight again with woody tannins.
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2021 Ponting Pinot Noir Mowbray Boy
Australia, Tasmania
Struck match reductiveness dominates the red berry fruit and sweet spice. In the mouth it's juicy, fleshy, bitter, dark fruits, soft textured burr. Meh
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2021 Ponting Pinot Noir 257
Australia, Tasmania
sulphur, wood glue, dark hued fruits. Juicy, fleshy, slightly reductive, slightly sour dark hued fruits. better than last time I tried this but still not something I'd seek out.
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2021 Fetherston Pinot Noir Fungi
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
And true to it's name it's a little umami on the nose with a little meaty underpin and some red fruits. Juicy tending to sour red fruits, talc textured tannins, touch of bitterness on the back palate with mushroomy notes. Hmm.
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2021 Fetherston Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Slightly plummy, sweet spice, a little polished oak. Medium plus intensity acidity, plummy, tight textured tannins, a little savoury underpin, touch of whole bunch spice. Hmm
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2018 Gala Estate Pinot Noir Black Label
Australia, Tasmania, Freycinet Coast
Medium minus intensity aromas of slight struck match, berries, touch of ashiness. Medium plus intensity acidity, red hued fruit, wild strawberries, textured burr is chewy. Hmm.
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2021 Soumah Pinot Noir d'Soumah
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Red and blue berry; strawberry and slight raspberry with aa little meaty underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, lightweight fruit, a little grape skin burr, simple. Okay
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2022 Soumah Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Hexham Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Jubey, cherry, cream, a tiny caramel sweetness. Medium plus intensity acidity freshens the fruit, textured grip is a little too much. Meh
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2021 Soumah Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Equilibrio
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Quite rich berries, a little oak in support offers sweet spice. Rich, juicy, savoury underpin to the slightly dark hued fruits; cherry, sweet spice. Hmm
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2022 Oakridge Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Red fruits, pretty though simple nose. Juicy, simple, red fruits softly textured burr offers a little chewiness. Simple, okay
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2021 Oakridge Pinot Noir Hazeldene Vineyard Yarra Valley
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Ashy whole bunch, slight struck match bacon fat, red and black fruits. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, savoury red and black berry fruit, tannins are slightly chalky. Hmm
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2021 Oakridge Pinot Noir 864 Aqueduct Block Henk Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Savoury, earthy red fruits with a little black fruit underpin, aa tiny saline note. Juicy, fleshy, tight tannins, rich, concentrated, dark hued, earth, balanced, rather lovely.
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2021 Ossa Wine Pinot Noir Ossa
Australia, Tasmania
Fresh blackberry, a little sweet spice, touch of cream. Very slight ashy whole bunch here on the nose as well. All of these notes are on the nose as well joined by a little sweet spice and whole bunchy tannins which takeover. Time but nice.
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2020 Moorilla Pinot Noir Praxis
Australia, Tasmania
Slightly savoury black fruits with plenty of savoury whole bunch spice. In the mouth it's juicy, savoury, fruit is slight sour, talc textured tannins take over. Meh
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2020 Picardy Pinot Noir
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Pemberton
Rhubarb and raspberry, light weight, contained oak. More of the same on the palate, retains freshness. Interesting
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2021 Tomfoolery Pinot Noir High Cotton Minimalistic
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Off, a little oak and whole bunch intrudes slightly over some soft red berries; raspberry, strawberry. Jubey pretty fruit is rather swamped here by the oak and whole bunch.
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2019 Moondarra Pinot Noir Conception
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
Touch of volatility, slightly meaty, a little cranberry. Sour red fruits, chewy tannins, pretty unpleasant, awful in fact.
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2020 By Farr Pinot Noir Tout Près
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
Ashy whole bunch and volatility. Sharply sour, farty underpin. Ugh.
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2021 Philippa Farr Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
slight whole bunch, red over blackberry, sweet oak spice, slightly sour red fruit, touch of cranberry, tight textured grip. Meh
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2022 Empire of Dirt Pinot Noir Going like Elsie
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
Wood glue, savoury meaty wild ferment, dark fruits. Juicy, sour black fruits, chewy and chunky tannins, tart and rather unpleasant. Meh
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2020 Ocean Eight Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Pretty with a touch of carbo crush, wild ferment, sweet spice, red fruit cordial. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, red fruit notes, a tiny sour underpin, grippy tannins are drying a little sweet spice fruit,. Okay
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2019 Pimpernel Vineyards Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Oak is a little obvious here showing plenty of caramel and sweet spice, a little polished red berry fruit sits beneath this with very slight ashy whole bunch. Sour red fruit then plentiful oak and woody tannins. Time might help but that oak is a little too much
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2021 Giant Steps Pinot Noir Primavera Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Red berry fruits, a little cranberry, lightweight, simple textured burr is possibly a little touch for the fruit. Hmm
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2021 Stonier Pinot Noir Reserve
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Whole bunch ashiness black and red berry, a little spice. Fleshy, whole bunch on the palate, red fruits. Hmm
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2019 Stonier Pinot Noir Windmill
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Meaty, wild ferment, slight wood glue, muted red over black fruits, slight whole bunch. That whole bunch lends a touch of bitterness on the palate, muted fruit, slight texture. Hmm
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2021 Shaw and Smith Pinot Noir
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Meaty, slight blackberry, sweet spice. Juicy, slightly savoury with red hued fruits, a little sweet spice. Hmm.
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2021 Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir
Australia, Tasmania, Coal River
Savoury wild ferment has a slightly gamey underpin, dark hued fruits, sweet oak spice. Slightly ashy on the palate with wild black fruits, raspy tannic burr, okay.
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2022 Dalrymple Vineyards Pinot Noir
Australia, Tasmania, Pipers River
Slight menthol note, dark hued fruits, plums, sweet spice. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, textured burr over dark hued fruits; plums, finishes savoury, slightly simple. Okay.
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2020 Dalrymple Vineyards Pinot Noir Single Site Coal River
Australia, Tasmania, Coal River
Super reductive smoked bacon, sweet spice, muted black fruits. Very slightly spiritous with chewy tannins, bacon fat, a little sour black fruits in support. Meh
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2021 Brokenwood Pinot Noir Indigo Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
slight plums over red berry, sweet spice. Juicy, slight sour, nose far better than the palate.
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2021 Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Estate
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Pretty, jubey, red fruit with a touch of slight whole bunch. Juicy, simple, dilute, slight bitter tannins on the finish, red fruit.
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2021 Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Reserve
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Slightly funky, wild ferment, red berry, pretty and jubey, savoury, slightly sour red fruits, textured tannic burr. Hmm
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2022 Kooyong Pinot Noir Massale
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Savoury and meaty, a little green sappy note. Slight sour red fruits are jubey, plenty of texture, Hmm
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2021 Kooyong Pinot Noir Meres
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
A little meaty wild ferment, slightly gamey, red cherry fruit, sweet spice in support. Juicy stops just short of sour, red cherry fruit, tannins are a little hard, dense, tight. Oomphy but okay
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2021 Kooyong Pinot Noir Haven
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Meaty wild ferment, pretty and slightly jubey red cherry fruit, a little sweet spice. Sourly juicy, red fruits chalky tannins, nah.
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2021 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir Devil's Bend Creek
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
lightweight red fruits, simple, fresh. Juicy, fleshy, very slightly sour red fruits, a little bitter on the finish with textured burr. Meh.
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2019 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Meaty, savoury, that wild ferment to the fore, slightly reductive. Juicy, dark hued fruits, quite savoury meaty, touch bitter on the finish, tannic burr
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2020 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir Garden Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Whole bunch dominates the nose, a little red fruit. Juicy, savoury, slightly tart red fruits, tight textured burr. Whole bunch a little too intrusive.
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2020 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir McIntyre Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Wild ferment, savoury, slightly meaty, red over black. Savoury, medium plus intensity acidity without being sour. Dark hued fruits, slightly textured, gamey note. Okay
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2021 Xavier Goodridge Pinot Noir Pa Pa
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Mt. Gambier
lightweight and fresh, simple. Equally fresh and lightweight on the palate with very red fruit.
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2021 Xavier Goodridge Pinot Noir Maffra
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Mt. Gambier
Savoury dark fruits have a pretty jubey notes. Juicy, savoury, slightly sour dark fruits, woody tannins lend a little caramel. Hmm
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2021 Xavier Goodridge Pinot Noir Henty
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Mt. Gambier
Gamey and meaty wild ferment, dark hued fruit is slightly subsumed by this. In the mouth it's juicy savoury, dark hued fruits, pretty, tannins are more mineral than oak here. Very good.
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2020 Seville Estate Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Clean with dark fruits, sweet spice. Juicy, savoury, very slight sour red fruits, talc textured tannins, simple, balanced. Hmm
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