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Red
2016 Norman Hardie Pinot Noir Unfiltered
Pinot Noir
- Canada
- Ontario
- Niagara Peninsula
- Niagara Peninsula VQA
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Community Tasting Notes 14
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MS86 Likes this wine: 94 points
August 19, 2022 - A few years of patience have paid off. This is a wonderful, complex and elegant Ontario Pinot at its peak, just starting to show some tertiary notes. Delicate, pale rust in the glass fading to clear at the rim.
Quite evolved in the nose with notes of soil, truffle, worn baseball glove leather, cranberry and sour red cherry.
Palate is soft and harmonious with fully integrated tannins and punchy acidity.
Flavours are earthy and tart with a long, silky finish.
If in the cellar, drink in the next 12 months. -
vinelouse wrote: 91 points
May 23, 2021 - This is an elegant example of an Ontario Pinot. There is a nice tension which holds everything together. Kirsch and Rhabarber dominate the palate and it paid off to import those French barrels which add a general dosage of spicy ness. There were no tertiary flavours present so I will earmark my last bottle for five years from now to see how it’s envolves.
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sunnylea57 Likes this wine: 90 points
September 30, 2020 - One of the better Ontario Pinots I've tried. Reminded me of a very good Villages from, say, Savigny or Chorey. Fully Burgundian in style with none of the New World cola or beetroot notes.
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Jzizzle Likes this wine: 91 points
June 11, 2020 - This is quite nice. Plenty of wood spice, hint of leather make this savory, and with cherry and minerality and smooth mouthfeel. Some nice complexity, yet also very easy to drink.
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Hodderbk Likes this wine: 91 points
December 24, 2019 - Elegant. Notes of strawberry and earth. Easy drinking and refined.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Norman Hardie
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation Unfiltered
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Canada
- Region Ontario
- SubRegion Niagara Peninsula
- Appellation Niagara Peninsula VQA
- UPC Codes 1903983599532, 400001253106, 7061663599532
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 102 (27%)
- Consumed 273 (73%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- ProducerNorman Hardie
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryCanada
- RegionOntario
- SubRegionNiagara Peninsula
- AppellationNiagara Peninsula VQA
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