Quartz Reef (Biogro NZ and Demeter NZ) Central Otago NZ Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
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Coppabella Sirius Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Spicy depth of red varietal fruit with savoury elements and fine tannins.
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Reschke R-Series Limestone Coast Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Smoky meaty nose and intense smoky dark red fruit flavours with chewy tannins.
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Tempus Two Copper Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
A lighter elegant style with lingering minty/cherry characters and a high level of acid.
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82 Metres Wines Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
A straightforward, nicely textured, wine with light forest floor and red berry characters.
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Kyneton Ridge Reserve Macedon Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Big ripe jammy fruit driven pinot with high acid and soft tannins.
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Kyneton Ridge Skipping Rabbit Macedon Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big rich pinot but done well. Some sweet dark fruit with savoury notes and chewy tannins.
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Bream Creek Vineyard Reserve Tasmania Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
A bolder juicy flavoursome pinot with dark fleshy fruit, peppery notes and menthol hints.
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Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fuller style with minty black and red fruit, good level of acid and some nice tannins.
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Mike Press Wines Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Intense herbaceous cherry bouquet with a ripe red/black flavour profile. “A typical Aussie style of pinot.”
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Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
An elegant style of pinot – deep ruby red in colour with lovely layers of sour cherry, forest floor and menthol elements with silky tannins and good acid line.
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Sidewood Estate Sparkling Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fresh austere style with a lift of rose petals and a citrusy palate.
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Clos Marguerite Awatere Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Earthy/mushroom/forest floor aromas with similar characters layered on the developing palate with silky tannins.
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Warramunda Estate Liv Zak Single Vineyard Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Light bodied with characters of forest floor, pine needles and cherries. Good acid and tannins.
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Morambro Creek Wines Jip Jip Rocks Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Fresh minty fruit fragrances and an elegant palate with good depth and length of herbaceous red fruits wrapped in some tight tannins.
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Nanny Goat Vineyard Single Vineyard (BioGro) Queensberry Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
All plums and strawberries with sandalwood notes. Quite tannic.
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Hunter’s Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Still very youthful, this graceful red was grown mostly in the Southern Valleys, hand-picked and matured for a year in French oak barrels. Deep, bright ruby, it is mouthfilling, sweet-fruited and savoury, with strong, vibrant cherry, plum and spice flavours,…
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Walnut Block Nutcracker Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
Certified organic, this finely textured red was estate-grown, hand-picked, matured for a year in oak barrels (20% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Ruby hued, it is a floral, seductive wine, with cherryish, spicy, nutty flavours, very savoury and supple,…
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Rockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
This very refined, savoury red was estate-grown, principally at Parkburn, in the Cromwell Basin (85%), but also at Gibbston (15%). Matured for 10 months in French oak casks (33% new), it is a bright ruby, highly approachable wine, with deep,…
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McArthur Ridge Southern Tor Alexandra Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
This highly perfumed red was hand-picked at Alexandra and barrel-aged for 10 months. Full, bright ruby, it is a distinctive, weighty wine with strong, vibrant cherry, plum, herb and spice flavours, showing good complexity, and supple tannins. A powerful, youthful…
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See Saw Organic Orange Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
A purity of pinot fruit fragrances, all strawberries and forest floor with a beautifully integrated, feather light, palate.
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James Busby Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
A rich complexity of cherries and spices with hints of forest floor-like notes.
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Of Light & Shadow Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Peppery red fruit nose and sweet fruit flavours with good mineral line.
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De Bortoli Riorret Lusatia Park Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Obvious aged notes to the meaty nose with an earthy savoury palate.
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De Bortoli Riorret The Abbey Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
Briary fruit bouquet and a fuller savoury and earthy style of palate.
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Gapsted Wines High Country King Valley Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Aromas of spicy strawberries and bright earthy/savoury primary fruit flavours with oaky tannins. Time!
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Hickinbotham of Dromana Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Lifted cherry bouquet with savoury nuances and a smooth and savoury palate.
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Clarnette & Ludvigsen Clarnette Pyrenees Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Nicely textured pinot with good length of peppery red fruit characters.
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The Domesticated Duck Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: July 21, 2022
Pleasant raspberry lift to the nose and lovely delicate cherry driven palate.
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Saint + Scholar Masters Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Developing spicy plum bouquet with a soft, mature and complex palate that is creamy in the mouth with spicy date-like flavour profile and a lingering finish.
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Plantagenet Wyjup Collection Mount Barker Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
Dark cherry nose with a hint of oak and sour cherry-like flavours on a well-balanced palate with a long finish.
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Stoneleigh Wild Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
This good value red was fermented with indigenous yeasts – hence the ‘Wild’ Valley. Bright ruby, it is mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity and supple, with cherry, plum and spice flavours, some savoury notes adding complexity, and a smooth finish. Enjoyable young,…
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Spy Valley Satellite by Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
Drinking well in its youth, this bright ruby red has a floral, slightly spicy bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, it is vibrantly fruity, with very good depth of fresh berry, plum and spice flavours, showing a touch of complexity, and supple…
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Carrick Unravelled Organic Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Already enjoyable, this Bannockburn red was barrel-aged for seven months. Full, bright ruby, with a fragrant, spicy bouquet, it is mouthfilling and vibrant, with fresh acidity, finely balanced tannins, and generous cherry, plum and spice flavours, showing considerable complexity. $27…
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Akarua Rua Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Full of drink-young charm, yet also a wine of substance, this red was grown at Bannockburn and Pisa, and matured in old oak barrels. Deep, bright ruby, it is fragrant, with strong, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours and supple…
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Spy Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
This elegant, finely poised, ageworthy red was estate-grown in the Southern Valleys and matured for 11 months in French oak barrels. Full, bright ruby, it is fragrant, mouthfilling and supple, with very good complexity and depth of cherry, plum, spice…
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Church Road Grand Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Well worth cellaring, this youthful, single-vineyard red was hand-harvested at Lowburn, French oak-aged for 16 months, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Full, bright ruby, it is mouthfilling and savoury, with strong, ripe cherry and spice flavours, seasoned with nutty oak,…
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Brancott Estate Letter Series T Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
Already drinking well, this single-vineyard red is sturdy, rich and rounded, with generous, very ripe fruit flavours and a seductively smooth finish. $25
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Spy Valley Envoy Southern Valleys Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017
Posted: May 12, 2022
From vines planted in 1995 in the Outpost Vineyard, this delicious wine was hand-picked and barrel-aged for over a year. Deep ruby, with some development showing, it is enticingly fragrant, mouthfilling and supple, with concentrated cherry, plum, spice and nut…
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Palliser Estate The Luminary Martinborough Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
This charming, very easy-drinking red was estate-grown and barrel-aged. Bright ruby, with a fresh, slightly spicy bouquet, it is mouthfilling and supple, with gentle, ripe fruit flavours, a touch of complexity and a very smooth finish. $28
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Pencarrow Martinborough Pinot Noir 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Drinking well now, but also worth cellaring, this strongly varietal red was matured for 10 months in French oak casks (25% new). Ruby hued, it is graceful and supple, with ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, nutty oak adding complexity,…
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Artwine Saint Vincent Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Nose is a lifted melange of beetroot, cherries, spices and oak. The savoury palate is all umami with a nice meaty complexity. A great food wine.
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Lapstone Estate Ringstone SEA Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Big, soft and velvety for a pinot with intense cherry/chocolate characters.
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Nanny Goat Vineyard Super Nanny Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
An oaky/tannic wine with sour cherry fruit and olive characters adding complexity.
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Nanny Goat Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
Big flavoursome oaky wine; some serious blue fruits, high acidity and grippy tannins.
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Sidewood Signature ‘Abel’ Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Blue fruit aromas laced with forest floor characters and has a warm and lively savoury/meaty palate with a long finish.
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Kings Creed Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
Plums and licorice on the nose with a balance of cranberry and pomegranate flavours.
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Dinny Goonan Wines Otway Hinterland Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
A Ribena-like nose and big tangy fruit flavours with some sweetness, nice spiciness and moderate acidity.
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Paracombe Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
Posted: May 12, 2022
A fragrant freshness of plums and rhubarb with earthy notes. Velvety smooth in the mouth with a savoury flavour profile.
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