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"Wonderfully harmonious and complex with plenty of delectable flavours" Wine Orbit
Perfect with sirloin steak or roast duck
Mystery Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018
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Mystery Martinborough Pinot Noir 2018
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Awarded 94/100 Points & 5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2020
Description
- French oak
- Strawberry & raspberry
- Florals & spices
- Structured tannins
"The wine is delightfully fruited and attractively savoury at the same time, showing dark cherry, vanilla, smoked game, mushroom and clove notes on the nose, leading to a multi-layered palate that's silky and soothing. Wonderfully harmonious and complex with plenty of delectable flavours" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Aug 2020
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. There is also lifted note from the carbonic maceration. The palate is quite structured on account of the stem tannins. Weight and concentration are not built from alcoholic sweetness, rather, low cropping and careful maturation.
The grapes were hand-picked and de-stemmed into an open top fermenter. 100% 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 young wine was pressed off and immediately run to barrel for malo-lactic the 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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We have a fun blind tasting night with friends once a month. This was submitted and was the winner. On to my third case but I probably shouldn't tell you that. ;-)
Charlie - 14/09/2020
A lovely Pinot. Fantastic value!
Paul - 10/09/2020
Has a cork,yes, but this wine is fantastic value, will reorder
warren - 25/08/2020
Delicious!
Marian - 17/08/2020
Very easy to drink , have bought more and would happily do so again, very good buy.
Kevin - 04/08/2020
Succulent. Pity about the cork!
Ross - 27/07/2020
it is a very nice drop
Steve - 27/08/2020
It us a lovely Pinot Noir although I must admit that I wouldn't have paid $48 retail for it but would certainly have paid $30
Sheree - 17/08/2020
The 2018 could be a little disappointing, the finish lets it down. I did enjoy the 2017 vintage which was an excellent wine all round. Maybe a little longer in the bottle?
Leonard - 08/08/2020
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