Wine Front 94 Points!
Huon Hooke 96 points!
Wine Front 94 Points!"Wine spends 15-17 months in 25% new French oak from, ironically, the original Bindi vineyard. Some quartz in that soil too. The mid-tier wine in the Bindi line-up that often gets overlooked for the seduction of Block 5 and the accessibility of Composition. Often the dark horse for mine, the silky, highly perfumed sister to the boisterous other pair.
Very pure, lifted aromatics " red cherry, faint sous bois, limestone, paprika and cardamon spice. Sweeter tones waft in the glass too. Palate is unctuous, luscious and cool with red cherry again, then some prickly spice, light tannin grip and a fresh wash of pomegranate acidity. Some cedar spice and faint pepper to finish. Fine yet rippling with youthful drinkability now, but with plenty of time to don the mortarboard."
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, Sep 2011
Huon Hooke 96 points! "Quite a bold reddish-purple colour, and the fruit is more red than dark cherry, spicy and herbal with some nettle and pepper notes. Profound flavour and presence, great drive, and lovely persistence with plenty of potential"
Huon Hooke, GT Wine Dec/Jan 2012
Country:
Australia
Region:
VIC- Macedon Ranges
Variety:
Wine Red - Pinot noir
Size:
750mL
