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• StewartWent wrote: 88 points

  November 17, 2012 - Mostly similar to the previous note but I thought that this time around the fruit sweetness showed a few more smarts. Sweet yes but tightened with mildly sour cherry. Buzzy and slightly spritzy all the way through the palate. Will send out at least another year.

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• StewartWent wrote: 86 points

  October 2, 2011 - Perhaps one can't expect too much for a CO pinot that trades at full retail in the low 20s but this is not the wine to show off the region's not inconsiderable credentials. Simple, a bit sweet, but well made and pleasant. That said, none of the bitter black cherry the region shows so well although I think it desperately tries to poke its head through mid palate (but the fruit sweetness drowns it out). This wine did grow on me and I can't question the value.

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• rihannk wrote: 85 points

  January 15, 2011 - On the nose I had some dust and strawberries. There was an interesting core to this wine something i can only describe as a vegetal pong of some sort. Maybe it was the devil in the detail of this wine...In the mouth it was fresh with nice fruit on the pallette and I also picked up a light carbonized tingle on the tongue. Interesting wine.

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• AlexGarner Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 19, 2010 - Central Otago Pinot Noir Expo (Prince Wine Store - Bank Street): Savoury, autumn leaf nose with bright red cherry notes, and a fresh fruit palette with great tingling acidity.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Rockburn
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Devil's Staircase
• Vineyard n/a
• Country New Zealand
• Region South Island
• SubRegion Otago
• Appellation Central Otago
• UPC Code 9421002620545

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• Consumed 9 (90%)

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