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Pinotpalooza
Carriageworks, Redfern
Tasted October 12, 2019 by chatters with 337 views
Introduction
Another year another pinotpalooza...this time they put the smoker outside this year so marginally less stalky...but only marginally...this time I took a little packed lunch and spent all day tasting which was rather fun
Flight 1 (113 notes)
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2017 Akitu Pinot Noir A1
Dense, black cherry, a little ashy stalks, earthy spice. Juicy acid, tangy, fruit more crunchy, more tannic than the A2; quite drying, flour textured, a little alcoholic heat on the finish
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2019 Akarua Pinot Noir Pinot Rouge
Jubey, pretty fruit, cherry mostly. Juicy, slightly ashy, pretty fruit on the palate as well, soft, smashable. begs cold chicken. Lovely.
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2018 Akarua Pinot Noir Rua
Medium minus intensity aromas of cherry, pretty again but with a savoury tone, nice nose. tight chalky tannins rule the palate, fruit still there, alcohol warmth though less intrusive that lends length. Hmm.
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2018 Akarua Pinot Noir 25 Steps
An almost musty/chalky note initially, cream, savoury & sweet spice, fruit muted here. Sharp acid, tight tannins, a little more savoury with berry fruit. Long. Alcohol warmth. Time?
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2016 Burn Cottage Pinot Noir Moonlight Race
Cherry, berry, spice, alcohol warmth . Juicy, rich, tannins tight but integrated, black fruits, alcohol heat is contained. Okay.
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2017 Burn Cottage Pinot Noir Burn Cottage Vineyard
Medium minus intensity aromas of clay, black berry, caramel, cedar. tight tannins, alcohol heat, a bit skinny. Nah.
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2018 Charteris Pinot Noir Central Otago
Dusty, slightly stalky, red fruits; raspberry and strawberry. Juicy, tight tannins close things down. Muted fruit.
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2015 Charteris Pinot Noir Te Tahi
Juicy, jubey, spiced black fruits. Silky tannic burr. Pleasant enough but a little anonymous, perhaps.
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2014 Charteris Pinot Noir The Winter Vineyard
Stalks, oak, earthy noters, sweet spice over black fruits. juicy with chalky textured tannins, black fruits, those tannins are quite drying. The alcohol is contained and lends spicy warmth to the finish.
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2013 Charteris Pinot Noir The Winter Vineyard
Meaty, gamey; quite wild ferment, plenty of savoury spice, black hued fruits. Savoury, juicy acid, tight, fruit is muted <shrugs>
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2018 Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir GV Collection
Ripe black cherry, sweet spice especially baking spices, talc textured tannins. Fruit more wet and slightly savoury. Hmm
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2018 Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir Glenlee Vineyard
pretty blackcurrant almost brambles with a tiny touch of wild ferment, slight cedar and a little chocolate. Quite tight, floury tannins, brambly fruit, cedar. Hmm, time.
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2016 Gibbston Valley Pinot Noir Glenlee Vineyard
From Magnum. The wild ferment is a little more obvious here which lends complexity, the fruit prettiness; whole berry more obvious as well, oak present but restrained. Lovely nose. And the palate is a reflection of this, the tannins are more chalky but this is really good.
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2016 Grasshopper Rock Pinot Noir Earnscleugh Vineyard
A little wood glue, sulphur, caramel, red and black fruits; cherry and raspberry. Sharp acid, tight grainy tannins, close down the palate. Alcohol warmth on the finish. Nah.
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2015 Nockies Palette Pinot Noir Georgetown
A slightly corky note, lots of oak spice, red currant and cranberry, meaty undertone. Smells skinny if you can imagine such a thing. Juicy acid and, again, a little wet with non intrusive alcohol warmth. Nah.
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2016 Nockies Palette Pinot Noir Georgetown
Low intensity aromas of cedar, slightly gamey, a little polished red fruit. Juicy, massively tight drying tannins. Fruit does not support these oak levels.
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2016 Neck of the Woods Pinot Noir
Hmm, slightly meaty, blackberry, a little pretty jubey note. Juicy, still tannicly tight, talc textured, slight alcohol warmth. Okay. Time.
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2017 Neck of the Woods Pinot Noir Central Otago
Slight ashy red and black jubey fruit, pretty, slight cedar. Juicy acid, slightly unripe fruit, grainy drying tannins...should have pulled back on the oak.
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2018 Neck of the Woods Pinot Noir Bendigo
Spiced strawberry, pretty and jubey. That prettiness again on the palate as well. Silky though drying tannins. Young but pleasant.
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2017 Peregrine Pinot Noir Saddleback
Jubey black cherry, very slight stalks, and oak spice. Juicy, pretty fruit fades a little quickly. Meh.
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2016 Peregrine Pinot Noir
Dense black fruit, plenty of oak spice, slightly meaty underpin. Smells a bit roided. Juicy, dense, yes, but balanced; oak present as are tannins but controlled and supporting of that black fruit. Nice
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2013 Peregrine Pinot Noir
wild ferment funkiness, a little gamey, an almost oxidised note, red and black fruits, plenty of spice, tight tannins married to a little rhubarb note. It's a bit out of whack. Guessing it comes from a more challenging vintage? Meh.
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2018 Rockburn Pinot Noir Devil's Staircase
Spicy, jubey red cherries, pretty. In the mouth it's a little confected for me. Nah.
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2017 Rockburn Pinot Noir
Sweet spice, a little cherry fruit, oak. tight tannins, fruit is a little muted quite savoury. Time may help but it's a bit meh at the mo'.
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2017 Escarpment Pinot Noir The Edge
Pretty and jubey red cherry, savoury, slight peppery & dusty spice underpin. Juicy, jubey, pretty on the palate as well. Fleshy, talc textured tannins. Nice entry level wine.
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2017 Escarpment Pinot Noir
Medium minus intensity fruit, dusty, spicy, a little chocolate, ripe red fruits. Savoury, juicy, spiced with darker fruit on the palate, talc textured tannins. Hmm.
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2015 Escarpment Pinot Noir Kiwa
Jubey, plenty of sweet spice, slight oxidative notes, a kind of sweet oak note as well as touches of cherry cola. Grainy tannins but this is a bit meh for me.
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2016 Escarpment Pinot Noir Te Rehua
Ripe black cherry with a little blackberry, plenty of oak spice, worked nose. Ripe, concentrated, fully roided, big tannic grip. Boom. Years?
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2017 Escarpment Pinot Noir Kupe
Plenty of ripe, confected and jubey cherry, oak. Young, fruit less obviously ripe here, oak is probably a little too much for the fruit. Time may help. Long. Hmm.
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2017 Luna Pinot Noir
A herbaceous almost cats pee note, sweet and sour spice, muted jubey cherry fruit. Savoury, wet, bitter, big tannins dry things out. Nah.
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2016 Luna Pinot Noir Blue Rock Vineyard
Spice, red hued fruit, clay. Juicy acid, a little tart fruit, chalky textured tannins, tooled, savoury, wet...
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2016 Luna Pinot Noir Eclipse
Riper than the blue rock; blackberry and cherry, slightly pretty notes. in the mouth it has juicy acid, black fruits, a little alcohol heat, talc textured tannins. Fresh. Nice.
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2016 Martinborough Vineyard Pinot Noir Home Block
Spiced red and black cherry, pretty, jubey, a little cream, cedar. Juicy, touches of black tea, wet red fruit. Hmm.
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2018 Martinborough Vineyard Pinot Noir Te Tera
Green, grassy, herbaceous, blackcurrant lozenges. Jubey on the palate with talc textured tannins. Quite simple, very young. Time?
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2016 Main Divide Pinot Noir Waipara
gamey wild ferment, slightly peppery toned sweet spices, a little coffee and wet black cherry. in the mouth it's savoury with slightly stalky, tannins travel long joined by alcohol heat which rather obstructs the fruit.
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2016 Pegasus Bay Pinot Noir
Similar spice profile to the nose of the Main Divide, more pronounced though. Sour black cherry, a little plain chocolate. In the mouth it's juicy, the fruit, less sour than the nose; quite wild, silky tannins and alcohol warmth join black cherry lozenges on the finish.
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2017 Dog Point Vineyard Pinot Noir
Wild ferment funkiness, struck match, black cherry over blackberry, sweet spice more supportive here. Juicy, savoury, tight tannins, similar dark fruits. Fresh though. Nice.
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2010 Dog Point Vineyard Pinot Noir
Stalky, slight blood, meat, muted black fruit. juicy, savoury, black fruits and tannins are nicely balanced but the alcohol heat is intrusive on the finish. Hmm. 1/2 an hour in the fridge will help.
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2016 Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir
Jubey red and black cherry, a little spice...on the palate it's similarly spicy with black fruit, wet, talc textured tannins, juicy, alcohol warmth. Okay.
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2016 Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir Te Wahi
Concentrated black fruit, slightly corky almost oxidised note, oak spice, a bit worked. Savoury, tight, chamois tannins are pleasing, alcohol heat less so. Hmm
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2017 Greywacke Pinot Noir
Stalks, coffee, slight sweet spice, brambles. Juicy, fresh acid, black berry fruit, spice more muted, drying talc textured tannins, touches of black tea. Hmm.
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2016 Greywacke Pinot Noir
Blackberry with a slight creamy underpin, sweet spice, very slight ash. Juicy, blackberry fruit, wonderful balance of slightly chalky textured but controlled tannins, fruit and acid. Long, alcohol warmth not intrusive. Good.
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2015 Greywacke Pinot Noir
Wild ferment, savoury spice, blackberry lozenge. Juicy, slightly jubey, slight stalks tied to the drying chalky tannins, fruit a little muted.
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2018 Jackson Estate Pinot Noir Shelter Belt
Oooh, quite stinky, wild ferment, marmite, smoked bacon over muted fruit. Savoury tannins, wet acid, fruit a little in the background. Short. Bit hmm.
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2014 Jackson Estate Pinot Noir Vintage Widow
Slight wood glue, biscuit, slight oxidative notes. Black fruits. Juicy acid, confected palate, drying tannins but it's all a bit out of whack. Nah.
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2013 Jackson Estate Pinot Noir Gum Emperor
Wild ferment, wood glue, ripe confect fruit. Quite jammy and disappointing on the palate for me. Nah.
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2018 Ghost Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir Supernatural
Stalks, aniseed, red fruit on the simple nose. Wet, fresh, stalks less intrusive on the palate, red fruit. Simple. Smashable.
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2018 Ghost Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir
Slightly meaty wild ferment, red fruit, strawberries in fact. The strawberry fruit is a little whole berry jubey in the mouth the tannins slightly drying. Simple and young.
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2018 Ghost Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir Bonadale
Low intensity aromas of, well, spice...both sweet and savoury, a little wood glue, a little red fruit. More of the same on the palate. <shrugs>
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2018 Lost Farm Pinot Noir
Red over black fruits, very fruit forward with a slightly jubey note. In the mouth the fruit is joined by tannic burr especially on the mid palate. Nicely done.
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2018 Meadowbank Estate Pinot Noir
Wild ferment funkiness over jubey cherry and a little strawberry with a wood glue & stalky underpin.Sourly juicy with jubey fruit - very sour snakes - mid palate burr. Medium length. Low interest...
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2019 Norfolk Rise Pinot Noir
Ripe, slightly gamey black fruits, stalks and sweet spice though alcohol heat lends pepper on the nose. Juicy, peppery, alcohol warmth too much for the slightly insipid fruit. meh
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2018 Ninth Island Pinot Noir
Medium minus intensity aromas of a little gamey raspberry and strawberry, lozenges but also an impression of over extraction. this is reinforced by the palate which shows plenty of tannin and black tea settling like a blanked over the fruit
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2018 Ghost Rock Vineyard Pinot Noir Oulton SV
Dusty, reductive almost, stalks. In the mouth it's sour, stalky over strawberry and silky tannins...
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2018 Pipers Brook Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate
Stalks though this does smell a bit 'worked'...over extracted if you will, dusty red berry fruit, sweet spice...and so it proves on the palate. Overdone. Alcohol heat as well. Meh.
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2018 Stefano Lubiana Pinot Noir Primavera
Wild ferment, slightly gamey, sweet spice, muted red berry fruit. Juicy and fruity in a fruit lozenge way. Chamois soft tannic burr. Simple but pleasant enough.
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2017 Stefano Lubiana Pinot Noir
Gamey, struck match, extracted red over blackberry fruit, sweet spice. Smells "built for age". Less so on the palate, a bit more controlled oak and alcohol heat on the finish. Hmm.
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2017 Sailor Seeks Horse Pinot Noir
Stalks vs extracted fruit; cherry, earthy, jubey lozenge quality. Quite sour on the palate, chamois tannins, fruit persists. Hmm
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2018 Sailor Seeks Horse Pinot Noir
Slight stalks but also sour jubey fruit, slightly spiced. Sourly jubey on the palate with grainy, drying tannins closing down the palate. Hmm.
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2019 Spring Vale Pinot Noir Melrose
Sourly jubey red berry; wild strawberries harvested too young with sour strawberry snakes. More of the same on the palate with a soft, easy, freshness. Slightly silky tannins on finish. Okay.
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2017 Spring Vale Pinot Noir
Jubey, stalky, crunch strawberry and black berry fruit; very pretty. A little sweet spice. Concentrated and quite rich on the palate, the oak more to the fore, a little alcohol warmth on the finish. Nice though.
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2013 Spring Vale Pinot Noir
Gamey, meaty, slightly oxidative, fruit forward but ashy/stalky note persists, savoury, earth. On the palate a touch of residual sugar, savoury, tight, slightly ashy tannins, the alcohol warmth a little more prominent. Meh
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2018 Coppabella Pinot Noir Lock & Key
Smells wet with dark berry (though wild) fruit. juicy, tangy, black hued fruits, slightly bitter on the finish...Hmm
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2018 Coppabella Pinot Noir Single Vineyard
slightly riper than the, for example, Tasmanian offerings, red over black berry, very slight jubiness. Juicy, slightly sour, red over black berry with talc textured and persistent tannins. Young.
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2018 Coppabella Pinot Noir The Crest Single Vineyard
Oak, slightly jubey red over black fruit, a little more concentrated than the estate wine, savoury spice. Juicy acid married to extracted and worked notes, touch of residual sugar almost, grippy, drying tannins close down the palate.
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2016 Coppabella Pinot Noir Sirius Single Vineyard
Gamey, extracted; a little, ahh, overwrought. Spice. It's quite unpleasant on the palate as well. Nah.
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2018 Gilbert Family Wines Pinot Noir
Pretty, jubey black fruits, stalks, slight spice. Juicy, spiced, oak and alcohol are too much for the fruit. Tight tannins.
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2018 Gilbert Family Wines Gilbert by Simon Gilbert Pinot Noir 777
Medium minus intensity aromas of cherry and spice. in the mouth it's quite wet, some tannic burr but lacks fruit on the palate.
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2018 Gilbert Family Wines Pinot Noir Barrel Select
oak water, spice, quite perfumed, slight black fruits, tightly tannic. On the palate it's oak water, drying chalky tannins, the fruit doesn't support the oak. Too much wood for me.
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2018 Gilbert Family Wines Lignée
From magnum. Just opened, peppery, spiced blackberry, earthy. Alcohol heat looms large on the palate, silky, lightweight tannins lend breadth, fruit a little muted. Meh.
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2018 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir Devil's Bend Creek
slight stalks, ripe red strawberry notes that are pretty and jubey. Ooh, lovely, rich but fresh fruit carries and is joined by gentle tannic burr, balanced. Lovely. great QPR for an Aussie Pinot.
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2016 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir
Wild ferment, biscuit, cherry over strawberries, a little extracted on the nose, very slight stalks (or might just be a touch of herbaceousness)...And this is proven on the palate. It's a little bit overdone for me.
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2017 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir Robinson Vineyard
Similar levels of extraction to the estate wine but it seems to have retained a little more freshness, perfumed cedar and a touch of wild ferment are in support. That freshness carries to the palate which the wine out though it's still a little extracted and over oaked for me. Time may help.
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2018 Quealy Pinot Noir Balnarring
Lightweight, pretty fruit, slightly jubey - a touch of raspberry - lightly spiced. Juicy, light, fresh, fruit doesn't quite carry long enough for the tannins; food will defo help.
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2017 Quealy Pinot Noir Balnarring Campbell & Christine
Stalks! Sour red berries, sweet oak spice, pretty jubiness. juicy, stalks, fruit and tannins form a ball on the mid palate. Hmm
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2017 Quealy Pinot Noir Musk Creek
Slight wood glue, muted cherry fruit, a little cream and vanilla, with time a touch of wild ferment funkiness. Juicy, dense, quite rich on the palate. Fruit/tannin balance very good...like fruit flavoured tannins. A little alcohol heat on the finish though. Perhaps some little residual sugar. Okay.
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2017 Quealy Pinot Noir Seventeen Rows Balnarring
Dusty, perhaps a little reductive...a little meh for me.
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2018 Yabby Lake Vineyard Pinot Noir Red Claw
A little clay, red berries and cherry, fresh rather than pretty, a little savoury spice. On the palate the acid is juicy but the fruit is a bit baked and there is loads of alcohol heat. Nah.
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2018 Yabby Lake Vineyard Pinot Noir Single Vineyard
Slightly concentrated red fruits, oak, sweet spice, slight stalks, ripe cherry and berry. Juicy, tight tannins, fruit a little warm. Nah.
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2018 Kooyong Pinot Noir
Pretty, slightly jubey, ripe red cherry, some oak spice. Tight on the palate; tannins are a touch too bold for the fruit, a touch of alcoholic warmth on the back palate. Meh
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2018 Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Piccadilly Valley
Smells a little dense, dusty black over red fruit, slight stalks, sweet spice. Fruit and tannins have good balance, this is more fresh than juicy, tannins are quite silky, slightly drying. A good entry level wine.
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2018 Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Estate
Gamey, black over slightly jubey red berry fruit...actually more confected than jubey. Sweet spice, again a slightly dusty quality. Juicy, soft tannins ripe fruit with a confected note. Okay.
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2018 Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Reserve
Caramelised oak and alcohol warmth dominate black and red cherry, plenty of sweet spice (unsurprisingly) and there is some meaty notes. alcohol warmth quickly swamps the pretty confected fruit though the tannins are, again, well managed.
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2019 Fleet Wines Pinot Noir
Lightweight, pretty, jubey raspberry with a slightly sour snake underpin and some stalks. Same sour and slightly stalky fruit on the palate with grippy, grainy tannins. Okay.
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2019 Fleet Wines Pinot Noir Leongatha
It smells a bit like a Kriek cherry beer backed by earthy, stalky spice. In the mouth it's juicy with jubey sour fruit, slightly stalky tannic burr. Hmm.
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2019 Fleet Wines Pinot Noir Elevate
Apparently there is some Pinot Gris in here as well. Italian medicinal herbs backed by stalks on the nose. a little coffee with a smear of red fruit on the palate with those massive stalks lending tannin. Nah.
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2019 Fleet Wines Pinot Noir Nostalgia
Mineral, slightly smoky stalk inclusion, creamy, a touch of red fruit. This is sour on the palate with ashy and red fruit noters competing with floury textured tannins
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2018 Les Vignobles Foncalieu Le Versant
Red over black fruit, very slight spice. Simple nose. In the mouth it's savoury and tightly tannic; grippy and chalky which closes down the palate.
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2017 Domaine A.-F. Gros Pinot Noir Bourgogne
Slight stalks lend a herbaceous quality, touch of struck match or smoked bacon fat. in the mouth it's juicy and a little skinny with red currant and a touch of alcohol warmth.
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2017 Domaine A.-F. Gros Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Guettes
Plenty of caramel oak, slightly dusty red currant fruit, slight spice. Juicy, tight tannins, fresh, red currant is a little riper. Hmm
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2017 Oakridge Pinot Noir Vineyard Series Willowlake Vineyard
Struck match, slight biscuit, ripe, red cherry with alcohol lending a little white pepper spice. There is a slightly sour note to the red fruit on the palate. Hmm
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2017 Oakridge Pinot Noir Vineyard Series Henk's Vineyard
Jubey, pretty, ripe red fruit backed by slight stalks and baking spice. Juicy initially then densely structured, drying tannic burr...the fruit does not persist here
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2018 Oakridge Pinot Noir 864 Aqueduct Block Henk Vineyard
Slightly jubey cherry notes, sweet oak spice, tight oak tannins close down the palate, fruit does struggle past this though - time will help.
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2018 Vinteloper Wines Pinot Noir
Stalky and ashy, slight ripe/jubey raspberry over strawberry. Stalky tannins on the palate dominate
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2017 Vinteloper Wines Pinot Noir Odeon Lenswood
the stalks here are restrained and controlled and offer support to the red and black fruit. The palate is a reflection of this with a little smoky underpin. Hmm
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2018 Marchand and Burch Pinot Noir Villages
Slight confected black berry fruit and dusty sweet spice. Juicy, tight, confected fruit, alcohol warmth, a bit 'big'.
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2017 Marchand and Burch Pinot Noir Mount Barrow
Gamey , meaty, slightly savoury, cream and muted black cherry, tight tannins are slightly grainy, black fruit, alcohol warmth. Again a little 'chunky'
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2017 Marchand and Burch Bourgogne
Struck match, cheesy funkiness, a little brett over blackberry fruit. Juicy with slightly sharp acid, but still a little over worked. Plenty of fine grained tannins though the fruit does persist. Hmm.
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2018 Marchand and Burch Morgon
Cherry and white pepper, stalks, slightly gamey, meaty, funky notes. Juicy acid, tightly tannic, grippy with black cherry and slight pepper on the finish. Yum.
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2017 Marchand and Burch Côte de Nuits Villages
Gamey, slightly struck match and pretty black fruit, spice. Juicy, savoury but fruit is present before big chewy tannins take over. Time.
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2018 Shadowfax Pinot Noir Macedon Ranges
Cherry, slightly spicy, a little stalks (?). Juicy, slightly sharp cherry with spice. Simple, young.
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2017 Rob Dolan Pinot Noir True Colours
A little pretty, jubey, cherry fruit, slight ash. Ashy tannins, muted cherry. Meh.
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2017 Rob Dolan Pinot Noir
Sour red cherry, slight stalks, sweet spice, cream, a little caramel. Juicy but quite pretty fruit, a little alcohol heat is a touch intrusive on the finish and there is plenty of tannic grip as well though the fruit persists. Hmm
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2018 Rob Dolan Pinot Noir Black Label
Earthy, spicy, cherry, slight plums, polished oak. Juicy, spiced, tight tannic grip is a little too much for the fruit. Very young.
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2018 BK Wines Pinot Noir Skin n' Bones
Stalky, spiced, sour red cherry...and so it proves on the palate. Meh.
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2015 Kate Hill Pinot Noir
Gamey, confected, a little caramel though it lacks fruit on the nose. Unfortunately this is reflected on the palate as well. Hmm.
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2018 Rouleur Pinot Noir Mornington Peninsula
Slight stalks, black fruit, ashy. Acid a little sharp, fruit more wild and crunchy marrying with talc textured tannins. Hmm.
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2016 Domaine Rois Mages Rully Les Cailloux
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Sour red currant, cork taint as well as drying tannins. Nah.
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2017 Santolin Wines Pinot Noir Gladysdale Vineyard
Red currant, cranberry that is both sour and jubey with slight cream and oak. In the mouth it's juicy with ashy, tight grippy tannins and similar fruit. Hmm.
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2017 Santolin Wines Pinot Noir Gruyere
Slight stalks, fruit is riper on this offering from Santolin and the wine is denser smelling without losing any of it's jubey prettiness, concentrated. Juicy, fruit similar though fresher, raspy drying tannins. Time for me.
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2016 Creation Wines Pinot Noir Reserve
Concentrated, slightly ashy black fruits. Juicy, tight, slightly sour black fruits, chalky tannins. Hmm
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2016 Chamonix Pinot Noir Feldspar
Sour, sharply acrid, wood glue, nasty nose. Palate is not an improvement for me. Ugh.
Closing
Based on this tasting New Zealand are still well ahead of Australia though the gap is beginning to lesson...by the end of this I just wanted a cleansing ale. Quite a few interesting wines, a lot of wines that felt too young (unsurprisingly)