Posted: October 4, 2018
Herbal, earthy and slightly green nose with a leafy briary fruit palate.
Comments Off on Tomich Hill Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nose is a nice mix of baked fruit, tobacco and spices with a silky smooth palate that has hints of berries and spices and nice herbaceousness with lingering tannins.
Comments Off on Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Leafy berry fruit nose with upfront berry compote-like flavours and lingering tannins.
Comments Off on Villa Maria Cellar Selection Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Earthy briary bouquet with a medicinal note and fuller bodied palate with nice core of sweet fruit and fine line of tannins.
Comments Off on Vidal Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Pleasant plum bouquet with a delicate use of oak. Jubey plum fruit flavours with good line of acid and grainy tannins.
Comments Off on Prancing Horse Estate Reserve Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Colour indicating some age. Aromas of cherries with some stalky green notes. Similar characters on the palate. Good tannin structure. 5+
Comments Off on Prancing Horse Estate Estate Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Rich and alluring gamey characters on the nose with quite a tannic palate but has some nice spicy cherry fruit to carry it. A well worked wine with subtle oak.
Comments Off on Prancing Horse Estate Estate Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Appealing savoury aromas with hints of olives. More savoury characters follow through to the plumy palate. Slightly drying oak.
Comments Off on Brook Eden Vineyard Nero Pipers Brook Tasmania Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A freshness of plums and sweet red berries on the nose. Nice flow of red berry flavours across the palate. Vibrant acidity.
Comments Off on Brook Eden Vineyard Nero Pipers Brook Tasmania Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Charry gamey aromas are well integrated with the oak and has intense flavours that are mostly oak driven with stemmy notes.
Comments Off on Brook Eden Vineyard Nero Pipers Brook Tasmania Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Savoury black olive aromas mix with bacon-like hints and showing herbal nuances. It is rich and gamey on the palate with cherry flavours, lingering acidity and fine tannins.
Comments Off on Prancing Horse Estate Pony Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Simple dusty cherry bouquet with delicate savoury cherry characters on the palate and quality tannins.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Tobacco Road King Valley Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Intense concentration of sweet/sour fruit with attractive secondary characters. Holding up well.
Comments Off on Mosquito Hill Seven Blocks Southern Fleurieu Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
More of a dry red style with chocolaty, raspberry and cherry characters and just starting to develop savoury notes. 3-5
Comments Off on Bream Creek Vineyard Reserve Tasmania Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An attractive delicacy here. Super spicy with nice bright blue fruit and a chalky texture. 5+
Comments Off on Rockburn The Art Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Dusty oak tends to dominate the cherry liqueur-like aromas and has a palate saturated with spicy savoury fruit flavours and showing loads of oak with chalky tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Rockburn Seven Barrels Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Upfront spicy blue fruit fragrances. Good concentration and intensity of flavours with a mineral thread. 5+
Comments Off on Riversdale Estate Centaurus Block 1 Tasmania Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Youthful purple hues. Has a lifted savoury nose and a palate chock-a-block full of raspberry and pomegranate flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Soho McQueen Full Velvet Jacket Central Otago Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Good length and freshness with plenty of oak and attractive savouriness layered by the sweet cherry fruit. A complete wine! 5+
Comments Off on Home Hill Kelly’s Reserve Tasmania Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
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