Pinot Noir
2021 Giaconda Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir
G 98
Medium-deep crimson. Fresh wild strawberry, raspberry pastille, aromas with a hint marzipan/roasted almond notes. Beautifully balanced Pinot Noir with strawberry, raspberry, red cherry, hint chinotto fruits, fine chalky/al dente textures. Superb mid-palate viscosity and underlying vanilla marzipan oak notes. Finishes slinky and long. Wonderful voluminous Pinot Noir with superb concentration and mineral torque. One of the finest of the 2021 Australian vintage. Now–2030 2021 Isabel Estate Aratoro Single Vineyard Pinot Noir G 98 Medium-deep crimson. Lovely strawberry negroni aromas with hints of marzipan and herbs. Generous and supple with pure strawberry, herb, chinotto flavours, fine lacy tannins, superb volume and underlying marzipan, roasted chestnut notes. A beautiful and expressive Pinot Noir with bittersweet notes and a fine lacy plume at the finish. Now–2030 2021 Craggy Range Te Muna Road Vineyard Pinot Noir G 96 Very lifted perfumed aromas, spice, savoury, crunchy, lots of layers. Bing cherry. Very fresh and lively, with lovely layers and whole bunch. Yum. 2021 Craggy Range Aroha Pinot Noir G 96 Lifted bouquet, very expressive red cherry purity with silky tannins, fine and lively. More layers, more length, very elongated palate structure, savoury earthy layers and a long finish. Very fine tannins, very fresh, very silky and very long. 96 2022 Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir G 95 Light-medium crimson. Attractive pure red and black cherry aromas with strawberry, herb, hint savoury notes. Lovely buoyant red-fruited wine with ample strawberry, red cherry fruits, some herb, hint sappy notes, very good mid-palate viscosity and underlying vanilla notes. This is a very fine Pinot Noir that really delivers a punch. It’s fruit driven, varietally expressive and primary in nature, but it has lovely richness of flavour, whole bunch complexity and vinosity. Now–keep for a while
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