Strong vibrant colour of dark ruby, looking very youthful. The bouquet is unmistakably Pinot; intense with a complex spectrum of earth, forest floor, dark plum and dark berries. There are hints of beetroot, violets, black pepper, aniseed and spice with tones of cedar and dusty oak. The palate maps to the complex bouquet, with rich fruit and lots of secondary characters. Intense and persistent, with a long finish, the wine is very textured. While drinking well now, there is a lot in this wine that suggests it will evolve over many years.
Notes by Curly Flat
A vibrant, musky perfume of rose petals, sweet cherries, mint and cloves overlies nuances of chocolate, vanilla and cedary oak
and sappy, it's pleasingly delicate almost to the point of fragility, but reveals a bright, intense core of fruit. There's a faint herbal edge around the powdery tannins and acids, but the wine remains tightly and finely balanced.
Jeremy Oliver - 07/02/2005
Variety:
Wine Red - Pinot noir
Size:
750mL
