Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews. Learn more.
Manage Subscriptions
Important Update From the Founder
Read message >
Red
2008 Gunn Estate Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
- New Zealand
- South Island
- Otago
- Central Otago
Community Tasting Notes 7
-
brun98 wrote:
December 4, 2011 - very good fruit. best pinot under $15 that I have had in 2 years. buy again
-
rwgray wrote: 87 points
November 5, 2011 - Pleasant enough but very light.
-
mfp wrote: 91 points
April 16, 2011 - Really enjoyed. I found it to be slightly old world in style. Some dirt and barnyard funk on the nose. Thin in the mouth, but a very pleasant. Not fruit forward or plum and berry, has some subtlety and earthiness. Good wine.
-
CdP in NYC wrote: 88 points
November 2, 2010 - Recent Wine Library Value Wine; 10/30/2010-11/2/2010 (67th Floor): Whoa, GV missed the boat on this one, big time. Light? NO! Very medium/full.
Seeing very little characteristics of Central Otago--no grassy funk or super saline minerality. To me, this is all new world sweet, underripe raspberry/blueberry aromas, with a touch of vanilla, in balance. A touch creamy in the mouth with similar flavors and a bit of savory oak. Nice wine, but nothing outstanding here.
Very good, but the '09 Oyster Bay DOMINATES this at a few bucks less. 88 -JRS -
awinestory wrote: 80 points
August 4, 2010 - color: med trans, a garnet curiously enough, med intensity, med wwr
nose: med plus, very fruit forward, def a new world, candied cherry fruits ... blind tasted this and aroma led to thoughts of austria, perhaps germany ...
palate: dry, acid is med+ tannin is med and perhaps plus (surprising ... this thought when BT led to gamay for the soil) tannin is med body is med alc is est 13.5 (yes) and finish is med+, very sweet like syrup
Ultimate the call was PN from new world this vintage, thought CA not Central Otago. A bit too sweet ...
1 - 5 of 7
More notes
Pro Reviews 1
Add a Pro ReviewWine Library TV
-
By Gary Vaynerchuk
Blind New Zealand Pinot Noir Tasting, Episode #921, 9/27/2010 (link) 90+ points(Gunn Estate Pinot Noir) #1; COLOR-medium; NOSE-more of a stink bomb; sheep butt; very gamey and earthy; less fruit; which I like; more Burgundian; PALATE-lighter; more aggressive; some vegetal funk; beautiful raspberry on the mid-palate; more Burgundian and classic; vegetal; more Old World which I like; very solid; I like the body of this wine, but this is not for everybody as it is a hair light; floral and raspberry on the tail end; GUESS: comes across as a really good $25-$35 Red Burgundy; a very good wine; GUESS: $22; I love this Pinot, although it may be too light for many; GV-90+
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Gunn Estate
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country New Zealand
- Region South Island
- SubRegion Otago
- Appellation Central Otago
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 4 (29%)
- Consumed 10 (71%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
0 votes.
More About This Wine
Articles
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionOtago
Add Articles
- Wine2008 Gunn Estate Pinot Noir (add)
- FamilyGunn Estate Pinot Noir (add)
- ProducerGunn Estate (add)
- VarietalPinot Noir
- CountryNew Zealand
- RegionSouth Island
- SubRegionOtago
- AppellationCentral Otago (add)