"Sweetly fruited & richly savoury at the same time" Wine Orbit
"Engaging, wonderfully supported by silky texture & beautifully integrated tannins" Wine Orbit
Perfect with sirloin steak or roast duck
Mystery Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
Black Market Mystery Wines™ are simply wines we love, with the branding hidden and revealed only when it arrives at your door!
Mystery Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017
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Awarded 95/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2019
Description
- Toasty French oak
- Black cherry
- Dark spice & floral notes
- Silky & supple mouthfeel
"Sweetly fruited and richly savoury at the same time, the wine shows black cherry, cranberry, dark spice, thyme and toasted nut characters with nuances of game and floral. The palate is equally engaging with excellent weight and concentration, wonderfully supported by silky texture and beautifully integrated tannins. At its best: now to 2023" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2019
Pale red with a vibrant purple hue. Concentrated strawberry and raspberry dominate with lighter , sappy herbal notes. Floral scents (Asian lily and violet) and spice (five spice) along with a toasty oak nuance provide additional interest. There is also a savoury note coming from the maturation on lees and this manifests itself as a sea spray or soy complexity. The palate is super silky and supple belying the structure of the wine. Weight and concentration are not built from alcoholic sweetness, rather, low cropping and careful maturation.
The grapes for this Mystery Pinot Noir were hand-picked and de-stemmed into an open top fermenter. 15% of the grapes were left as whole bunches. The grapes soaked for one week prior to fermentation with vineyard yeasts. At the end of fermentation the young wine was pressed off and immediately run to barrel for malo-lactic fermentation and maturation. All barrels were French oak (50% new) and a mixture of sizes. Barrel maturation was for 14 months on gross lees without sulphur. All barrels were blended together, sulphured and settled prior to bottling in July without fining or filtration.
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Excellent, easy drinking with or without food. Sadly sold out when I went to reorder.
Charlie - 25/06/2020
Great berry flavour nice and smooth
GAry - 22/06/2020
Guests enjoyed them,too.
Garry - 28/06/2020
Slightly lighter than I expected but still a very pleasant drop. I would be alarmed if I have paid the full price but for $20 a bottle it is very good value
Derek - 23/06/2020
Haven't tried it yet
John - 22/06/2020
Very pleasant wine at a good price
Stephen - 22/06/2020
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