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97
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James Suckling
Red
Classification
Pinot Noir
Variety
2021
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
New Zealand
Country
Central Otago,
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
10-15 Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"Purity and drive to this with nicely ripened strawberry, cedar and rose petal aromas and flavors that follow through to a medium to full body, firm tannins and a flavorful finish. Give it three or four years to soften. Solid as a rock. Drink after 2027."
- James Suckling
Tasting Notes
Vibrant red and dark cherry, hints of boysenberry and layers of baking spices are in perfect harmony in this seamless wine. The dusty, integrated tannins add structure to the elegant middle palate and the lingering finish is filled with mineral and red fruit notes.
Schist rock is very predominant in the Rocky Point Vineyard where Olearia is sourced from, studded with clay parcels. Very high mineral content thus low vigour. In fact some of this vineyard had to be re-populated with Riesling simply because the Pinot Noir couldn’t survive in such soils. Makes for wines with a lot of energy, bright, crunchy, tight tannins compared to their Home Vineyard site further North in Bendigo.
The grapes were handpicked and destemmed with a high proportion of whole berries going into the fermenters. Wild ferment. Just one pigeage per vintage. The wine spent 17 months in French oak barrels of which 30% were new. Bottled unfined, unfiltered.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity