The Ramsay Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015

Description

• French oak
• Dark red berries
• Dried herbs
• Fine tannins

"This is beautifully maturing and seductively appealing, showing sweet berry, game, vanilla, roasted nut and dark mushroom characters on the nose. The palate is succulent and supple with excellent weight and rounded mouthfeel, finishing long and complex. At its best: now to 2023" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Nov 2020

"Moderately deep, dark ruby-red colour, lighter on the edge. The nose is softly full and well-packed with dense and harmoniously integrated aromas of ripe, dark-red berry fruit intermixed with complexing dried and dark herbs, a little earthiness and whole bunch stalk nuances, forming a concentrated core. Medium-full bodied, the palate is harmoniously interwoven with soft and gently rich flavours of savoury dark-red berry fruit along with a layer of dried herbs and subtle whole bunch stalk elements. The fruit forms an elegant, but well-packed heart which is supported by fine, grainy tannin extraction along with a fine edge of acidity lending energy, enhancing the fruit sweetness. The flavours carry with good linearity to a lingering finish of savoury red fruits and herbs. This is a gently rich and softly concentrated Pinot Noir with harmonious and integrated complex flavours of savoury red fruits, herbs and a little earth on a fine-textured palate. Serve with coq au vin and casseroles over the next 4-5 years. Hand-picked Pinot Noir fruit from the ‘Ramsay’ vineyard, indigenous yeast fermented with 20% whole bunches to 13.5% alc., the wine spending 25 days on skins on average and aged 10 months in 20% new French oak barriques" Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, Jul 2018