2012 Punt Road Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  2/20/2014 - discoduckglue wrote: 94 Points

  God what a bargain of a wine. This must be the best sub $25 Australian red wine I've had since the 2010 Cirillo Grenache.
  
  It has the main thing you should want in a wine. It's just damn delicious. I LOVE the sour cherry / crisp apple acidity. Hugely refreshing wine and just the ticket as I was a little over wine altogether.
  
  The nose has an earthy, mild gravel dusty, vegemite on buttery toast(don't let that put you off it's very mild but 2 of us independently made that comment) and sweet cranberry.
  
  Palate has that gorgeous acidity mentioned and it lingers and lingers like a young Clare Riesling albeit in a different context.
  
  This is why I drink wine. I own many good to great wines but rarely do they give this level of pure enjoyment. Yum...and that's what it's all about. I could auction a Grange and buy 15 of these. Makes owning Grange seem ridiculous really.

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  1/8/2014 - Toik Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I've tried this wine on several occasions now, this note has been written after decanting for ~45 mins, served at 18°C in appropriate glassware.
  
  The bouquet opens up with vibrant pungency that we're all going to come to expect from great 2012 Victorian Pinot, loads of earth, stalk, spice and all things nice, cedar wood, cold tea, and some subdued cherry & red fruit characters.
  
  On the palate it's fleshy in mouthfeel exhibiting distinctive (but not at all overdone) vanillin characters backed up by a sea of perfectly layered red fruits, great acid drive through the finish that ends with an insatiably delicious & moreish graininess.
  
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  An absolute bargain and frequently ranges between $20-$30AUD, a good pick for the 3rd or 4th bottle of the night at dinners when you know that you want quality but you know you won't fully appreciate any of your higher end Pinots.
  
  Still quite young at this stage only just entering the drinkability window in my opinion, however this should be singing around Melbourne cup time I reckon.

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  11/9/2013 - AlexGarner Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Yarra Valley pioneers and padawans tasting (Prince Wine Store - Bank Street): Dusty and earthy with red capsicum and and glacé cherries and a delicate structure which still has some rawness and boldness that will reduce into an even more well rounded wine.

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  11/9/2013 - startinoz wrote: 92 Points

  Good concentration. Just needs to add complexity.

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