Community Tasting Notes 15

• andrew.cameron wrote: 86 points

  March 9, 2024 - Has not improved with age!

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• Mossrose wrote: 93 points

  July 14, 2019 - Popped and poured, this wine was translucent light red and tasted rather simple, despite having had 6 years to age. But improved every day after being recorked and put back in the refrigerator. By day 4 the wine was dark, complex, fruity, layered, silky, and highly satisfying, as one would hope from a single vineyard in Central Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

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• WineTally Likes this wine:

  January 11, 2019 - (Previoulsy tasted on 12-31-2016)
  
  100% Pinot Noir from Biodynamic Demeter Certified Bendigo Estate vineyard
  with sandy loam soil at 217 – 264m and 20-yr old vines (clones 10/5, 5, 115, 667, 777 & Abel).
  Manual harvest. Batch vinification by clone. 5-7 days cold soak. Indigenous yeast fermentation.
  Up to 12 days maceration. Pressed directly into French oak barriques (24% new, 33% 1 year old and 43% older).
  14% Abv.
  Winemaker: Rudi Bauer, Royal Agricultural Society New Zealand winemaker of the year 1999 and 2010.
  
  A(ccuracy)=2: Medium deep bright ruby. Focused, refined, New World varietal.
  B(alance) =3: Seamlessly integrated components.
  C(omplexity)=2: Bing cherry, black raspberry, violet, lavender, mocha,and soft, resolved tannin.
  D(epth) = 2: Excellent length and finish for the varietal.
  
  WineTally Score [2,3,2,2]=9/10
  
  The 2-yr additional bottle aging paid off: with rough edges all smoothed out!
  
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• M.Batard wrote: 90 points

  December 30, 2017 - Last bottle. Same dark ruby color and medium body. Same minerality competing with the fruit. Love the savoriness. Paired beautifully with the mushroom risotto and skirt steak w/ cilantro chimichurri. But later in the evening, when the fats of the risotto and the beef were not there, the finish is very drying. Not at all sure it’s getting better as it ages.

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• Ron Van Holland wrote: 92 points

  April 18, 2017 - "Quartz Reef": minerality. That's what makes this delicious pinot noir different.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Quartz Reef
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Bendigo Estate
• Country New Zealand
• Region South Island
• SubRegion Otago
• Appellation Central Otago Bendigo

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• In Cellars 39 (42%)
• Consumed 54 (58%)

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