Nose: discrete, with red berrys, particulary ripe strawberries and lingonberries, sandalwood, spices (pepper, cinnamon) and -unfortunately - just a touch of sulphur.
Palate: smooth, light, elegant, nuanced and a little spicy, with very mild tannins and very good length.
Reaching maturity, but will hold and in some palates improve for another few years.
This would accompany a spring chicken with roasted potatoes, sugarsnaps and a touch of rowan jelly if I could choose.
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Lots of mature strawberries in the nose, together with som hay, raspberries and cherries. Taste is also dominated by strawberries, with some lingonberries, chocolate and cherries.
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Initially promising with good, fresh fruit, a nice minerality and hints at complexity. Pleasant for the first 30-45 minutes but then gradually develops very strong notes of manure. I'm not particulary sensitive to this and might at times like it in moderation, but here it is too much and dominates the impressions. Even mores so on day two. I do not think this is was a faulty bottle and it was really enjoyable for better part of an hour, so down it quickly! (The score is some kind of avarage. For the first hour I would say 90-91 pts, on day two 85-86 pts)
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Taste North Canterbury 2018 (Christchurch, New Zealand): A good but seemingly fairly typical Marlborough Pinot Noir, i.e. all cranberry and red cherries, and not much of that earthy mushroom thing we get from the other NZ regions. That said, this has a good medium ruby colour, a satisfying core of savoury tannins and food-friendly acidity, finishing quite long with a lingering creamy caramel note. Biodynamics is a load of superstitious codswallop.
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9/29/2021 - Conde Likes this wine: 89 Points
Colour: Light red, and not entirely clear.
Nose: discrete, with red berrys, particulary ripe strawberries and lingonberries, sandalwood, spices (pepper, cinnamon) and -unfortunately - just a touch of sulphur.
Palate: smooth, light, elegant, nuanced and a little spicy, with very mild tannins and very good length.
Reaching maturity, but will hold and in some palates improve for another few years.
This would accompany a spring chicken with roasted potatoes, sugarsnaps and a touch of rowan jelly if I could choose.
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4/13/2019 - Axile wrote: 87 Points
Lots of mature strawberries in the nose, together with som hay, raspberries and cherries.
Taste is also dominated by strawberries, with some lingonberries, chocolate and cherries.
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3/10/2019 - Puteljen! wrote: 88 Points
Initially promising with good, fresh fruit, a nice minerality and hints at complexity. Pleasant for the first 30-45 minutes but then gradually develops very strong notes of manure. I'm not particulary sensitive to this and might at times like it in moderation, but here it is too much and dominates the impressions. Even mores so on day two. I do not think this is was a faulty bottle and it was really enjoyable for better part of an hour, so down it quickly! (The score is some kind of avarage. For the first hour I would say 90-91 pts, on day two 85-86 pts)
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3/6/2019 - janka Likes this wine: 90 Points
Fine Pinot noir, needs to open one hour before drinking. Dont drink it to varm.
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10/25/2018 - Jon and Bek Likes this wine: 88 Points
Taste North Canterbury 2018 (Christchurch, New Zealand): A good but seemingly fairly typical Marlborough Pinot Noir, i.e. all cranberry and red cherries, and not much of that earthy mushroom thing we get from the other NZ regions. That said, this has a good medium ruby colour, a satisfying core of savoury tannins and food-friendly acidity, finishing quite long with a lingering creamy caramel note. Biodynamics is a load of superstitious codswallop.
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