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95
/ 100
Bob Campbell MW -
95
/ 100
Gourmet Traveller Wine -
94
/ 100
Ned Goodwin MW
Red
Classification
Pinot Noir
Variety
2016
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
New Zealand
Country
Canterbury,
Region
13.0%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"From a limestone-rich hillside vineyard in Waipara. Dense, tangy pinot noir with plum, violet, spice, anise, fresh herb and spicy oak flavours. A moderately dense, high energy wine with a distinctive character. Approachable now but deserves to be cellared for at least a few years. Unfined and unfiltered."
- Bob Campbell MW
95 / 100
"Made from grapes grown on a limestone-rich hillside vineyard in Waipara. It’s a dense, high energy pinot noir with plum, violet, spice/anise, fresh herb and spicy oak flavours. Accessible now but with the potential to age well."
- Gourmet Traveller Wine
94 / 100
"A limestone-rich hillside vineyard, well drained and alive with the sort of mesoclimatic challenges that infuse the best wines from this sort of environ with a high-wired soprano of pungent mineral notes. Darker than the pack, with an additional year. 18 months or so in oak, as with its brethren. Densely packed, somewhat rustic and meaty, with a brood of dark fruit aspersions, iron-stone, beef bouillon and blood. The rusticity blows off with a whirl. Sapid and mouth-filling, to be sure. A long linger, as much due to heft and force of personality, as by virtue of freshness. The tannins, an arsenal, firmly composed and compressed against the mouth’s inner linings while sipping. I am going to score this highly, believing that the shins and elbows stage that it is currently in will mature into something special."
- Ned Goodwin MW
Tasting Notes
Made from grapes grown on a limestone-rich hillside vineyard in Waipara. It’s a dense, high energy pinot noir with plum, violet, spice/anise, fresh herb and spicy oak flavours. Accessible now but with the potential to age well.
- Gourmet Traveller Wine
A very good vintage for Waipara Valley for both quality and quantity. The colour is clear dark American cherry red with pinky ruby hue. Aroma of dark cherry, blue berry, dried dates and hint of dark chocolate. Fine silky tannins with sweet fresh plum cherry fruit flavour with good acidity backbone.
Flavours are still primary but will be changed by the time of aging.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity