Posted: October 4, 2018
Deep purple wine with a concentration of cranberry fruit characters on the nose and a long fine juicy palate with slightly meaty savouriness and smart use of oak. 5+
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Omaka Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Colour shows youthful purples. Dark ripe fruit fragrances with some herbal notes. The palate has a savoury/spicy generosity with intense sweet/sour fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Delicate fragrances with a firm restrained palate showing subtle pot pourri/spicy flavours and hints of raspberries. 5+
Comments Off on Gilbert by Simon Gilbert Barrel Select Orange Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Full bodied pinot. Warm and inviting aromas and sweet/sour flavours with obvious oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Matt Connell Wines Rendition Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Stalky whole bunch characters obvious here with spicy herbal elements and a little lean on the finish. 5+
Comments Off on Spring Vale Tasmania Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very ripe rich style with pronounced tannins and earthy red fruit characters.
Comments Off on Home Hill Estate Tasmania Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Pungent red currant bouquet with a delicate palate showing light herbal/leafy characters.
Comments Off on Gilbert by Simon Gilbert Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A rich and creamy wine – very pretty – with elegant pot pourri aromatics and spicy dark fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Cape Bernier Tasmania Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Stunning purple colour with earthy/beetroot varietal intensity on the nose and long firm palate. 5+
Comments Off on Maude Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A firmer style with upfront spicy strawberry lusciousness well supported by good depth of toasty oak. 5+
Comments Off on Yes Said The Seal Bellarine Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A lively and inviting style with good spiciness to the nose and lovely firm palate with fruit, spices and vanilla oak complexity. 5+.
Comments Off on Leura Park Estate Bellarine Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright lifted aromas of plums and chocolate. Excellent concentration of raspberry flavours well supported by the oak sweetness. 5+
Comments Off on Oakdene Peta’s Bellarine Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Great bright sour cherry varietal expression here with some savouriness evolving.
Comments Off on Soho Havana Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Savoury oaky aromas and a firm tannic palate of black fruits, chocolate and spices.
Comments Off on Allan Scott Generations Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Syrupy aromas; smells of canned cherries. Generous sweet/sour fruit characters on the palate with a briary thread.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Pioneer Block Doctor’s Creek 14 Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A complex and interesting wine with lots happening. It has quite a “busy” nose and a solid, generous, lifted dark fruit palate with a fine line of tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Master Block 23 Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Subdued nose; nice intensity of plums. Strawberries on the palate with a light spiciness.
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Pioneer Block Twin Hills Block 10 Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A ripe aromatic concoction of cherries, licorice and spices with youthful plumy/chocolate flavours. Beaujolais like! 3-5
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Estate Pioneer Block Strip Block 15 Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Youthful purple wine with briary fruit fragrances and a riper style of palate that offers a big mouthful of sweet fruit flavours with the oak a little obvious but still in balance.
Comments Off on Babich Black Label Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Attractive earthiness to the berry bouquet. Warm generous cranberry palate. Very drinkable. 5+
Comments Off on Babich Family Estate Organic Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Subtle spicy interest to this varietal fruit nose with some lovely fresh spicy red fruit flavours on the somewhat linear palate. 5+
Comments Off on Zarepath Great Southern Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An inviting balance here of some gorgeous wild strawberry-like fruit characters with toasty/spicy elements.
Comments Off on Rob Dolan Wines Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
This nose is a bright raspberry nougat delight showing delicate mineral notes and these features are echoed on the finely structured palate. 5+
Comments Off on Singlefile Pemberton Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A generously full flavoured pinot that has loads of fresh cherry fruit, a big spicy hit and very good support from the oak. 5+
Comments Off on Tiki Koro Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very youthful minerally red berry bouquet with a fabulous line and length of varietal flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Loveblock Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A lean cool climate briary/bracken pinot with nice sweet entry and a slightly dry finish.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru Inc Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nose not giving much away but has a juicy, slightly tart, fruit palate with firm fine tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Jinks Creek West Gippsland Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An intense tight style that still has a lot to give. Attractive raspberry and cranberry varietal fruit matched by the fine tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Dawn Patrol Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Earthy meaty nose has just a suggestion of cherry kernels and intensity of earthy/beetroot flavours on a long fresh palate. 5+
Comments Off on Taylors Jaraman Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A pretty perfumed bouquet of wild strawberries, cranberries and cherries. Palate has seamless balance between fruit and oak. 5+
Comments Off on Wignalls Single Vineyard Albany WA Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright fresh berry bouquet and some lovely cherry kirsch-like flavours well balanced by the oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Logan Orange Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A purple wine with earthy beetroot aromas and very primary palate with more of those earthy/beetroot characters evident. Sweet finish. 5+
Comments Off on Saint Clair Family Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nose is warm and chocolaty with nice hit of red berries. Very tasty generosity of chocolaty/raspberry flavours.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni McLaren Vale Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Plenty of interest here. Leafy cranberry-like fruit, some florals, mocha oak and nice spiciness.
Comments Off on Kangarilla Hill Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A lovely, very drinkable wine with a very oaky nose showing a nice fruity lift and an attractive sweet ripe fruit palate. 5+
Comments Off on French Island Vineyards French Island Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Interesting spicy confectionery bouquet with a hint of nutmeg. Solid creamy varietal palate tasting of strawberries and showing a mineral edge with tight tannins.5+
Comments Off on Gladstone Vineyard 12,000 Miles Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Sweet wild raspberry fruit characters with slight cranberry tang. Good cool climate style.
Comments Off on Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Cherry Ripe bar and coconut on the nose with lovely spicy chocolaty characters and ripe fruit across the length of the palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Cape Bernier Haphazard Tasmania Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright lifted aromas like macerated cherries with more of the cherries on the sweet palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Singlefile Wines Run Free Western Australia Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Spicy oak driven nose with more of a dry red style of palate showing nice earthy/savoriness.
Comments Off on Colton Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nice savoury edge to the refined raspberry varietal fruit adds real interest to this wine that shows very good balance between the fruit, the oak and the fine tannins.
Comments Off on Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Earthy meaty varietal characters with hints of beetroot, nice texture and balance.
Comments Off on Giesen Small Batch Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Spicy earthy aromas with hints of pomegranate and the earthiness is echoed on the long berry fruit palate.
Comments Off on Oakdene Bellarine Peninsula Geelong Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Smells like a raspberry tart with strawberry nuances and has a subtle but complex palate with nice interplay of fruit, yeast and acid.
Comments Off on Tomich Sparkling M Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir NV / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Slight meatiness on the nose with hints of pinot fruit. Very fresh estery musky flavours with candied fruit characters.
Comments Off on Tomich Sparkling T Adelaide Hills Chardonnay NV / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Smells of strawberries with spicy ginger notes. Lean palate with dried fruit flavours and a grippy phenolic edge.
Comments Off on Sidewood Isabella Late Disgorged Adelaide Hills Sparkling Rosé 2011 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very fine persistent bead, a nutty biscuity nose and simple fresh citrus flavours.
Comments Off on Sidewood Chloe Adelaide Hills Cuvée 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A fine persistent bead with good secondary complexity to the nose and a very sweet, slightly cloying style palate but nice acid underneath.
Comments Off on Sidewood Isabella Adelaide Hills Sparkling Rosé 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Unusual leesy mushroomy aromas and an estery floral palate with firm phenolics.
Comments Off on La Villa Tasmania Sparkling Nebbiole Rose 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Flinty toasty bouquet and firm phenolic grip to the citrus driven palate.
Comments Off on Perelada Brut Reserva Spain Cava NV / 0 View / October 4, 2018