Really loved this wine. Opened up beautifully with pure cherry with a long rustic finish of underbrush and brambly goodness. Surprising really, expected harsher acid but it had aged into the wine really well. Perfect timing
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Tasted blind. In comparison to the Faiveley NSG Vigne Rondes 05 tasted before, this was substantially lighter in colour and intensity, red with a hint of brick. A dash of oak and tobacco leaf aromas, light silky body with ripe red and blue fruits supported by a balanced acid drive, fine length and quite elegant. 13.3% ABV, very good, well cellared bottles are likely at their peak now with no further benefit from more age.
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Very clear, light red colour. Strawberry and cherry on the nose with a touch of earthiness. Similar taste with a touch of musk, spice and cola like notes. Light in the mouth but a nice length. Drinking beautifully - very enjoyable.
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Good 13.3% alc. Colour: light tawny Bouquet: strawberries, some oak, roasted black cherries and black olives Palate: as bouquet, very savoury delicatessen and mushroom and earth flavours, very dry and developed, but a little coarse despite long finish and all. Perhaps developed quickly, and it's almost past best. August 2015
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Good. 13.3% alc. Colour: pale bright berry, some tawny Bouquet: sappy, astringent, stalky from whole bunch ferment, savoury strawberry Palate: similar characters to bouquet, mushroom and earth, cherry, light to medium bodied, quite acidic, shortish palate, and frankly disappointing because it's lost any fruit freshness, and lacks any sort of depth. This is not a particularly old pinot though. January 2015
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Taken to a blind Pinot tasting night. Didn't particularly shine, though was better than a lot on offer, including some decent Burgundies. Light colour, nice aromas of strawberries, spice and earth - I would place the 1999, 2005 and 2013 well ahead of it though.
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{screwcap, 13.3%} Garnet/brick. To look at, either pinot or nebbiolo (if you didn't know). Developing, sweet strawberry nose, with an earthy touch too. Restrained. The palate doesn't have the sweetness you might anticipate, being more acid-driven, with medium, grape-derived tannins, and a chewy, savoury texture. Has lots of palate presence, without going beyond medium-bodied. Warm, generous finish of medium length, mixed strawberry and cherry flavours and some dusty earth. Good now; not really for long aging.
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Tyrrells Private Bins - 2010 reds & 2011 whites (Epping RSL, Sydney): {screwcap, 13.3%, A$34} Some garnet in this, but also what looks like rusty radiator water as well! The palate smells well developed, or at least not fruity at all, with compost, mushroom, fungal undergrowth and even a vague bilgey note in there somewhere. Yes, I can see why Tyrrell expects to cop some flak for this. Search the palate and you’ll find some sour, dusty cherry fruit, but this wine is about texture; a dry and tart savouriness, not overtly stalky (one-third whole bunch ferment) and certainly not oaky (10% new barriques, the rest 3-years-old). In fact, the palate is fresher than the nose seems to indicate, it’s light-bodied and has a medium length finish. It’s not a pretend-burgundy, it really falls somewhere between the new and old-world stereotypes. Something interesting to try over the next 5 years or so; thankfully the price is sensible.
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5/29/2020 - jeff-forrest Likes this wine: 93 Points
Still doing exceptionally well. Worth enjoying in the next year or two.
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6/7/2019 - GD77 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really loved this wine. Opened up beautifully with pure cherry with a long rustic finish of underbrush and brambly goodness. Surprising really, expected harsher acid but it had aged into the wine really well. Perfect timing
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2/26/2018 - lightning wrote: 88 Points
Tasted blind. In comparison to the Faiveley NSG Vigne Rondes 05 tasted before, this was substantially lighter in colour and intensity, red with a hint of brick. A dash of oak and tobacco leaf aromas, light silky body with ripe red and blue fruits supported by a balanced acid drive, fine length and quite elegant. 13.3% ABV, very good, well cellared bottles are likely at their peak now with no further benefit from more age.
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5/21/2017 - rjsmall Likes this wine:
Very clear, light red colour. Strawberry and cherry on the nose with a touch of earthiness. Similar taste with a touch of musk, spice and cola like notes. Light in the mouth but a nice length. Drinking beautifully - very enjoyable.
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8/27/2015 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 83 Points
Good 13.3% alc.
Colour: light tawny
Bouquet: strawberries, some oak, roasted black cherries and black olives
Palate: as bouquet, very savoury delicatessen and mushroom and earth flavours, very dry and developed, but a little coarse despite long finish and all. Perhaps developed quickly, and it's almost past best.
August 2015
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1/31/2015 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 83 Points
Good. 13.3% alc.
Colour: pale bright berry, some tawny
Bouquet: sappy, astringent, stalky from whole bunch ferment, savoury strawberry
Palate: similar characters to bouquet, mushroom and earth, cherry, light to medium bodied, quite acidic, shortish palate, and frankly disappointing because it's lost any fruit freshness, and lacks any sort of depth. This is not a particularly old pinot though.
January 2015
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7/8/2014 - dan_smee wrote: 90 Points
Taken to a blind Pinot tasting night. Didn't particularly shine, though was better than a lot on offer, including some decent Burgundies. Light colour, nice aromas of strawberries, spice and earth - I would place the 1999, 2005 and 2013 well ahead of it though.
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4/29/2013 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 13.3%} Garnet/brick. To look at, either pinot or nebbiolo (if you didn't know). Developing, sweet strawberry nose, with an earthy touch too. Restrained. The palate doesn't have the sweetness you might anticipate, being more acid-driven, with medium, grape-derived tannins, and a chewy, savoury texture. Has lots of palate presence, without going beyond medium-bodied. Warm, generous finish of medium length, mixed strawberry and cherry flavours and some dusty earth. Good now; not really for long aging.
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9/17/2011 - graemeg wrote:
Tyrrells Private Bins - 2010 reds & 2011 whites (Epping RSL, Sydney): {screwcap, 13.3%, A$34} Some garnet in this, but also what looks like rusty radiator water as well! The palate smells well developed, or at least not fruity at all, with compost, mushroom, fungal undergrowth and even a vague bilgey note in there somewhere. Yes, I can see why Tyrrell expects to cop some flak for this. Search the palate and you’ll find some sour, dusty cherry fruit, but this wine is about texture; a dry and tart savouriness, not overtly stalky (one-third whole bunch ferment) and certainly not oaky (10% new barriques, the rest 3-years-old). In fact, the palate is fresher than the nose seems to indicate, it’s light-bodied and has a medium length finish. It’s not a pretend-burgundy, it really falls somewhere between the new and old-world stereotypes. Something interesting to try over the next 5 years or so; thankfully the price is sensible.
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