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2012 Bouchard Finlayson Pinot Noir Galpin Peak
Pinot Noir
- South Africa
- Cape South Coast
- Walker Bay
- Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 18
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cch1966 Likes this wine: 90 points
January 21, 2023 - Dark Pinot with orange rim. Ripe red fruit, black currant and smoke. Warm climate wine with high alcohol.
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foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 points
September 13, 2020 - Light/medium ruby.
Red fruits, pepper nose.
Not as impressed as I was in 2017 and I think this needs to be drunk up. -
IvanLi Likes this wine: 92 points
August 16, 2018 - This wine is the closest thing to Burgundy among all the NW Pinot Noirs that I have tried.
Stylistically resembles a Vosne-Romanee with it's red cherry, spice, earth and tea-like scents.
On the quality scale it falls right in between a Village and a 1er Cru from a good producer.
Ripe and elegant, with a high albeit perfectly integrated alcohol, the wine is just lacking a tad bit of an extra special dimension on the backend to call it truly remarkable. -
vespasian wrote:
March 28, 2018 - Showing some age at the rim; a little undistinguished on the nose, earthy and heady; a little sweet and diffuse. Age hasn't much for this. So so.
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IvanLi wrote: 97 points
March 1, 2018 - In my view this wine is to a Grand Cru Chambertin what Oakville, Napa Cabernet is to a Chateau Latour.
Complex, dark fruit, licorice, earth, underbrush in a beautiful framing of delicate oak.
Highly recommended.
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By Julia Harding, MW
10/7/2015 (link)(Bouchard Finlayson, Galpin Peak Pinot Noir Walker Bay Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
South Africa’s Ongoing Wine Revolution (Jun 2015), 4/1/2015 (link)(Bouchard Finlayson Galpin Peak Pinot Noir) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2012
- Type Red
- Producer Bouchard Finlayson
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Galpin Peak
- Country South Africa
- Region Cape South Coast
- SubRegion Walker Bay
- Appellation Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
- UPC Code 6004589000127
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 71 (43%)
- Consumed 93 (57%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 13 votes
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- ProducerBouchard Finlayson
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountrySouth Africa
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