Faint strawberry fruit, forest floor, earth. Light to medium weight, with a gentle intensity and perfume that lingers. More savoury now, and a delicious expression here.
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Dark cherry, strawberry, autumnal sous bois. Slippery smooth, excellent length and spread of talc fine graphite tannin. Unsurprisingly a similar note to last year. Needs a couple of hours to start showing its best.
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beautifully perfumed, black cherry, rose garden, dried cinnamon, and garden herbs, gentle anise. Italianesque. Awesome. popped and poured, but the best glass was the last. Opened up beautifully 93. Needs more time, or a decant.
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Wow. This one jumped from the glass with pinosity written all over it. Florals, red fruits, forest floor. The mouthfeel was fabulous - delicate but intense, and so savoury. Balanced and long. Dare I say, almost Burgundian.
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Cherry, damp earth, chalk. The palate is fine and light/medium bodied. There's a hint of spice, sourness and savouriness. Flavours linger for some time on the palate. It's a lovely mid-weeker.
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Good garnet colour and having stood the bottle upright for a day or so the wine is relatively clear Nose of spiced plums , strawberry, savoury cherries, earth and a slight smokiness Palate follows on from the nose with the addition of firm tannins giving the wine backbone with juicy acidity on the finish, wine lost points for me due to lack of intensity Overall an elegant Pinot which will improve over the next couple of years
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Not as good as 2010 but still very enjoyable. Not as light as expected for a Yarra Pinot Noir at this level. Forward fruits, fine tannins, reasonably lengthy finish. Good value for money, for $20AU a solid drop.
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Walks middle ground very well. Lightish fruits are quite friendly and there are nice layers of earth, dark spices, savoury tannin. Doesn't aspire go greatness but offers good early drinking.
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Strawberry and cherry. with a touch of stem and nice floral perfume. Graceful palate, there are lovely red fruits and some of that stem comes through very lightly. Lovely wine that is great value.
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8/20/2022 - Vini Ciclismo wrote: 86 Points
Vintage 2012 Tasting: pale red
light earthy fragrance, soft cherry
soft red berries, a little earth, very soft and faded
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11/3/2021 - fizz wrote:
Faint strawberry fruit, forest floor, earth. Light to medium weight, with a gentle intensity and perfume that lingers. More savoury now, and a delicious expression here.
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6/13/2021 - Vini Ciclismo wrote: 87 Points
BBC Long weekend 2021; 6/11/2021-6/13/2021: very light, not much earth, delicate, silky, lacking intensity, pleasant but not exciting.
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5/2/2021 - brisbane piefan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Balanced and some tertiary notes coming through. Not falling over but not sure there's much improvement. Impressive value here.
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6/1/2020 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 Points
Dark cherry, strawberry, autumnal sous bois. Slippery smooth, excellent length and spread of talc fine graphite tannin. Unsurprisingly a similar note to last year. Needs a couple of hours to start showing its best.
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8/24/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 Points
Slippery smooth with lingering fine grippy scaffolding. Autumnal sous bois, cherry, raspberry and spice. Such a joy to drink.
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2/2/2019 - Julian B wrote: 91 Points
Quite bright when first opened, but after an hour or so this was drinking nicely. Macerated strawberry, red cherry and a bit of spice.
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6/10/2018 - theporkrail wrote: 91 Points
Very bright fruited still, with strawberry notes, lots of cinnamon and five spice showing too, very nice Pinot
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5/15/2017 - VinCapitan wrote: 93 Points
beautifully perfumed, black cherry, rose garden, dried cinnamon, and garden herbs, gentle anise. Italianesque. Awesome. popped and poured, but the best glass was the last. Opened up beautifully 93. Needs more time, or a decant.
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1/25/2017 - fizz wrote: 90 Points
Absolutely delicious Day 1. Pinosity on show. Held up well on Day 2 also. Lovely.
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8/23/2016 - fizz wrote: 90 Points
Wow. This one jumped from the glass with pinosity written all over it. Florals, red fruits, forest floor. The mouthfeel was fabulous - delicate but intense, and so savoury. Balanced and long. Dare I say, almost Burgundian.
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6/6/2016 - fizz wrote:
Cherry, damp earth, chalk. The palate is fine and light/medium bodied. There's a hint of spice, sourness and savouriness. Flavours linger for some time on the palate. It's a lovely mid-weeker.
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4/27/2015 - LindsayM wrote: 87 Points
Good garnet colour and having stood the bottle upright for a day or so the wine is relatively clear
Nose of spiced plums , strawberry, savoury cherries, earth and a slight smokiness
Palate follows on from the nose with the addition of firm tannins giving the wine backbone with juicy acidity on the finish, wine lost points for me due to lack of intensity
Overall an elegant Pinot which will improve over the next couple of years
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5/7/2014 - catchnrelease Likes this wine: 91 Points
Not as good as 2010 but still very enjoyable. Not as light as expected for a Yarra Pinot Noir at this level. Forward fruits, fine tannins, reasonably lengthy finish. Good value for money, for $20AU a solid drop.
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11/12/2013 - StewartWent wrote: 88 Points
Walks middle ground very well. Lightish fruits are quite friendly and there are nice layers of earth, dark spices, savoury tannin. Doesn't aspire go greatness but offers good early drinking.
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9/14/2013 - CamWheeler wrote: 89 Points
Strawberry and cherry. with a touch of stem and nice floral perfume. Graceful palate, there are lovely red fruits and some of that stem comes through very lightly. Lovely wine that is great value.
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6/29/2013 - startinoz wrote: 91 Points
A decent enough pinot. Dark cherry flavours and a little spice.
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