Almost four years since my previous bottle. Cloudy, same as it ever was. Took an hour to begin showing its best. A mostly savoury thing. Sous bois, bit of leather, sweet spice, fruit peeps through on the finish. Tannin emerges more with air. Plenty of sediment in this bottle. I preferred the bottles I drank years ago but there's still joy to be had now.
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Wine was cloudy on opening so I opened another bottle guess what same result - cloudy wine , wine is under stelvin cap I know the wine is bottled unfiltered and unfined but this was really cloudy and browning on the edges As commented in one of the earlier comments the nose was OK and palate so the wine wasn't faulty just a bit dull I'll contact the winery and see what response I get
Quick response back from winery The 2008 is probably ending the window of its drinking window. Every year is different and the 2008 being a lighter year has a shorter window. The 2008 has thrown some sediment in the bottle, this is somewhat normal for a unfiltered pinot noir for this age. We choose not to filter the wines are it rips the soul out of the wine. I suggest, keeping the wine upright for 3 days before serving, then giving it a decant to remove the sediment.
Regards Franco D'Anna Winemaker Hoddles Creek Estate
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6/1/2022 - fizz wrote:
Strawberry, sous bois, savoury notes, herbs. Fine boned. Elegant and persistent.
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4/24/2017 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 Points
Almost four years since my previous bottle. Cloudy, same as it ever was. Took an hour to begin showing its best. A mostly savoury thing. Sous bois, bit of leather, sweet spice, fruit peeps through on the finish. Tannin emerges more with air. Plenty of sediment in this bottle. I preferred the bottles I drank years ago but there's still joy to be had now.
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7/22/2016 - brisbane piefan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Savoury, spicy and red berried fruit. Spectacular drinking for the price! Just lovely.
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6/1/2015 - LindsayM Does not like this wine:
Not my style
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4/25/2015 - LindsayM wrote:
Wine was cloudy on opening so I opened another bottle guess what same result - cloudy wine , wine is under stelvin cap I know the wine is bottled unfiltered and unfined but this was really cloudy and browning on the edges
As commented in one of the earlier comments the nose was OK and palate so the wine wasn't faulty just a bit dull I'll contact the winery and see what response I get
Quick response back from winery
The 2008 is probably ending the window of its drinking window. Every year is different and the 2008 being a lighter year has a shorter window. The 2008 has thrown some sediment in the bottle, this is somewhat normal for a unfiltered pinot noir for this age. We choose not to filter the wines are it rips the soul out of the wine. I suggest, keeping the wine upright for 3 days before serving, then giving it a decant to remove the sediment.
Regards Franco D'Anna Winemaker Hoddles Creek Estate
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