Funky earthy nose with dark cherries coming through, lovely rich dark fruit with a bite of acid, a massive wall of structure , brambles angular tannins - very serious wine and all the better for it - definitely no rush and could still be some upside - 4 fingers
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Cherry and strawberry fruit lies over a base of good structure and balance. Followed over 3 days, and perhaps day 3 it was at its best. At that time it showed ash, earth, with good lift and a fine texture complemented with the red fruits of day 1.
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Sous bois. Cherry, strawberry. Some earth, chocolate. Slippery and sinewy, superb feel and balance, excellent length. Shadowed by a definite woodiness... the only thing holding this back from higher points.... will it resolve in time? Looking at my past notes, I scored the 2010 Estate Pinot Noir higher just last year... curious.
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Chardonnay and Pinot Tasting: Chocolate, earth and oak on the nose. The palate is fresh and lifted, though the oak creeps in a bit here too. I think in 3-4 years this might feel a bit better balanced, so patience is likely best.
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Red and black fruits, with sous bois. Medium bodied, but with intensity. Pinosity ++. The fine but elegant structure carries the wine to a long finish. It's really delicious now.
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Note written after three hours: it lost the woody characters quite quickly (<one hour) and was excellent. Score lifted 90 to 93.
Earlier Note Just decanted (through an 'oxygenator'), and ~15C, (and 2 years post release) has not come together yet. Bountiful nose with dark cherry and plum to the fore. Similarly flavoursome palate. Nice spice element too. I agree with other Cellar Tracker comments about woody character (some whole stems? oak) that screams, 'why now'? Hence the tough score; potential: Ata Rangi meets William Downie. Let's see how it goes over next two hours.
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Cherries and Plums with a hint of apple, beautifully balanced, soft aromas of oak, smooth tannins that will soften nicely over the years. Very happy, just a touch savory at this young age for me to give it a higher mark.
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Bit hard to rate at this stage as it really requires a couple of years. fantastic nose of dark cherry, brown sugar and coffee. Wet coffee beans on the palate with fantastic length that goes on and on and evolves and a little earth, spice and ashen elements. Quite stemmy at this stage so for my tastes needs 2 years minimum but will likely last for 10. For me this is a 92 point wines as far as current enjoyment, a 94 point wine as far as quality and potential so have gone for 93. In the upper tier of Australian Pinot ,no doubt. 92++ drink the excellent 2010 entry level Hoddles pinot while you wait as that is ready to go whilst this is just a tad challenging atm.
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4/15/2022 - fizz wrote:
Cherry, earth, savoury notes. Balanced and nuanced. Tannins just assist in the background. In a great spot tonight.
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10/22/2019 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote:
Funky earthy nose with dark cherries coming through, lovely rich dark fruit with a bite of acid, a massive wall of structure , brambles angular tannins - very serious wine and all the better for it - definitely no rush and could still be some upside - 4 fingers
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7/31/2019 - fizz wrote:
Cherry and strawberry fruit lies over a base of good structure and balance. Followed over 3 days, and perhaps day 3 it was at its best. At that time it showed ash, earth, with good lift and a fine texture complemented with the red fruits of day 1.
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7/15/2018 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 Points
Sous bois. Cherry, strawberry. Some earth, chocolate. Slippery and sinewy, superb feel and balance, excellent length. Shadowed by a definite woodiness... the only thing holding this back from higher points.... will it resolve in time? Looking at my past notes, I scored the 2010 Estate Pinot Noir higher just last year... curious.
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5/14/2017 - fizz wrote:
More woody than the previous bottle. There's still plenty of primary fruit flavours too. Might leave the others for a while.
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3/2/2017 - CamWheeler wrote: 88 Points
Chardonnay and Pinot Tasting: Chocolate, earth and oak on the nose. The palate is fresh and lifted, though the oak creeps in a bit here too. I think in 3-4 years this might feel a bit better balanced, so patience is likely best.
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10/18/2016 - fizz wrote: 92 Points
Red and black fruits, with sous bois. Medium bodied, but with intensity. Pinosity ++. The fine but elegant structure carries the wine to a long finish. It's really delicious now.
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1/19/2013 - Softie wrote: 93 Points
Note written after three hours: it lost the woody characters quite quickly (<one hour) and was excellent. Score lifted 90 to 93.
Earlier Note
Just decanted (through an 'oxygenator'), and ~15C, (and 2 years post release) has not come together yet. Bountiful nose with dark cherry and plum to the fore. Similarly flavoursome palate. Nice spice element too. I agree with other Cellar Tracker comments about woody character (some whole stems? oak) that screams, 'why now'? Hence the tough score; potential: Ata Rangi meets William Downie.
Let's see how it goes over next two hours.
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12/29/2012 - mhoff wrote: 94 Points
Cherries and Plums with a hint of apple, beautifully balanced, soft aromas of oak, smooth tannins that will soften nicely over the years. Very happy, just a touch savory at this young age for me to give it a higher mark.
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5/14/2012 - discoduckglue wrote: 93 Points
Bit hard to rate at this stage as it really requires a couple of years. fantastic nose of dark cherry, brown sugar and coffee. Wet coffee beans on the palate with fantastic length that goes on and on and evolves and a little earth, spice and ashen elements. Quite stemmy at this stage so for my tastes needs 2 years minimum but will likely last for 10. For me this is a 92 point wines as far as current enjoyment, a 94 point wine as far as quality and potential so have gone for 93. In the upper tier of Australian Pinot ,no doubt. 92++ drink the excellent 2010 entry level Hoddles pinot while you wait as that is ready to go whilst this is just a tad challenging atm.
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