Pinot Palooza 2017

[Diddy]

Hi all,

Thought I'd post some comments on my observations from the Melbourne edition of Pinot Palooza.

Really enjoyed the Melbourne venue this year (Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton) - very accessible by public transport and big enough that you don't feel entirely squashed in like sardines (over 4,000 tickets sold apparently).

There was some decent wines on show - standouts for me were Picardy - in particular their 2014 Pinot Noir and Curly Flat with their 2015 Pinot Noir.

I was a little bit disappointed that some of the more niche producers I like weren't there - particularly a lot of the ones discussed in the 'Crushing! Your fav NZ/AU Chardonnays and Pinots?' thread.

What were the highs/lows for everyone else?

[TiggerK]

Bumped into pc79 and his faithful iPad at the Sydney event so no doubt his usual comprehensive notes are imminent!!

4K people in Melbourne was often talked about! Wow, would be pushing 1k at Sydney, if that. Busy but a much smaller area as well they said.

Highlights for me were ( not all their wines, some only 1 was up there, but good producers in general ) were... in order of preference.. (and yes kiwi bias, I know).

Greywacke
Pegasus Bay
Schubert (marion15)
Valli (only the Waitaki 15)
Tarrawarra
Picardy
Yarra Yering
Rippon


Vintelopers 14 was getting a buzz but seriously? It stood out for being texturally different and very interesting that's for sure, but in terms of a 'good pinot', I wasn't a fan, esp at $100 or more. Also had to laugh that they were using cork for the 'premium' 14 and the bottle opened while I was there was corked. LOL.

Ooh, said hello to Gary Walsh, what a rockstar.

Very good event overall. Superbly organised and run. Not too crowded, excellent food/water/beer/toilet facilities. Plenty of solid yet boring everyday wines trying to hype themselves into $50+ pricing that they don't deserve but hey, welcome to Pinot!

Cheers,Tim

[Phil H]

Thanks guys for the reports - as much I love wine events and Pinot, a tasting of just Pinot's was a bit too much. Carriage works is a great location and I was tempted to attend, however the date crept up on me. I was interested on your notes and look forward to pc79 impressions. Any general notes on Swinging Bridge - MAW(Orange region), as on previous tastings it is an interesting wine and good VFM, along with their No6 (Tempronilo & Pinot)?

[Rossco]

Vintelopers 14 was getting a buzz but seriously? It stood out for being texturally different and very interesting that's for sure, but in terms of a 'good pinot', I wasn't a fan, esp at $100 or more. Also had to laugh that they were using cork for the 'premium' 14 and the bottle opened while I was there was corked. LOL.

Dave's best wine (IMO) is his touriga. Great stuff. Had his urban winery project red recently. TCA had stripped all the fruit.

I just cant get into the pinot though....and i have tried. Just not for me. Apparently it gets voted best pinot of palooza in various states, so im clearly wrong.....try the touriga

[Diddy]

Yarra Yering

Good call on the Yarra Yering - forgot to mention them. Particularly like the 'light red blend', but that's probably cheating a bit for a pinot event!

Vintelopers 14 was getting a buzz but seriously?

Interestingly, the Vinteloper Odeon was my favourite wine last year. I recall it having some x-factor that made it stand out from the rest. With that in mind, I was really keen to taste their stuff again this year. Unfortunately the love affair is over at $120 a bottle. I definitely think my tastes have matured thanks so all the burgundy tastings and this just isn't my thing anymore.

Plenty of solid yet boring everyday wines trying to hype themselves into $50+ pricing that they don't deserve but hey, welcome to Pinot!

This is a perfect way to describe 70% of the wine on offer. At the start of the day I was doing the polite think and tasting through the range of each producer's wines, but by the end I just had to politely ask them to skip the cheap stuff and go straight to the premiums. Too much wine and not enough time!

[odyssey]

Thanks for the writeup yall. Always a big fan of Yarra Yering. Pegasus Bay too. Nice!

Vintelopers 14 was getting a buzz but seriously?

Lemme guess.... big structure with a whack of new oak and tannin?

It appeals to the local palates I guess, especially after they've tasted hundreds of other lighter wines.

From Vintelopers website:

"The structure is shocking. Muscular. A wolf in sheep's clothing, ODEON Pinot Noir is unrelenting on the palate"

"Matured in French Oak for one year. 50% new."

Too easy...

[Diddy]

Thanks for the writeup yall. Always a big fan of Yarra Yering. Pegasus Bay too. Nice!

Vintelopers 14 was getting a buzz but seriously?

Lemme guess.... big structure with a whack of new oak and tannin?

It appeals to the local palates I guess, especially after they've tasted hundreds of other lighter wines.

From Vintelopers website:

"The structure is shocking. Muscular. A wolf in sheep's clothing, ODEON Pinot Noir is unrelenting on the palate"

"Matured in French Oak for one year. 50% new."

Too easy...

Spot on Odyssey! I recall caramel being the flavour that stuck out the most this year, no doubt thanks to all that new oak.

Interesting to see how much it's been worked in the winery, given they were spruiking an ethos of letting the terroir speak for itself.

[odyssey]

$120 caramel milkshake?

[pc79]

Alright. Here goes. Apologies in advance for the general shortness of the notes, and somewhat similar feel to them. Had about 30seconds to a minute with each wine before moving on and battling the hoardes to get in there for a taste. Exceptional day. Scores are based on my preference, tannin and mouthfeel as well as complexity and length.

2016 Akarua Rua - mulch earth black cherry a little sour edged light an gear 91
2016 Akarua bannockburn - black cherry and earthen, mulch and deep, dense and d lean. Fun dark . Sticky tannin. Nice gear. 92
2015 Burn Cottage moonlight race - delicious nose of strawberry cherry and cinnamon spice. Lovely precise wine 92
2015 burn cottage - darker brooding wine. Black cherry cinnnamon and mulchy set earth. Light vanilla pod setting. Excellent gear 93
2015 Carrick bannockburn - black cherry, little bit of warmth on the front. Dark purple, red cranberries and earth. Grippy dark green tannin 92
2016 Carrick billet Doux - funky red cherry, earthen and savoury. Gamay like. Mouth watering acidity that flows through, nice stuff 91
2016 Carrick unravelled - red cherry and dark funk, black spices with warm dark green grippy tannin. A good thing 91
2014 Charteris Central Otago - black cherry and christmas spice, redcurrant and crunchy herbs, lithe and good. Some wet earth 92
2013 Charteris Winter Vineyard - black cherry, deep and dark, brooding bruiser but in a good way. Get those Christmas spices again, some vanilla and dark green wet forest thing happening. Grippy tannin. Great stuff, but maybe a bit big for me 92
2016 Maude Pinot - red and black cherry fruited, dark greens and wet earthy crunch. Like 91
2015 Maude EMW (east meets west) - black cherry and dark forest. Vanilla pod and cinnamon crunch. Whew. 93. Great mouthfeel and good gear. Excellent 93
2014 Maude Kids block - heavy smack of kirsch and dark black cherry fruits, vanilla, deep and dark. Wet earth, mushroom, Sweet vanilla and cinnamon nutmeg. Great stuff. But a bruiser 93
2015 Valli Gibbston - red chery, lighter and leaner than the previous. Lovely line and a gentle cherry pip tannin carrying on. 92
2015 Valli Bannockburn - dark fruits. Macerated cherry again, got a bit of funk on the nose,drying, dark and long. Sweet and savoury. Herbal and good. Complex grippy tannin 92
2015 Valli Bendigo - light and bright, red cherry cinnamon warhead, burny palat, dark mulchy A zip of good acidity. But burns 90
2015 Valli Waitake - yum - red cherry and spice, herb and strength. Great spice and balance. Grippy tannin and dark green business. This is the bollocks 94
2013 Rippon - quite closed on the nose, cherry, stemy. Ungiving. Lean and body is there, but needs time to unfurl 92
2010 Rippon - turned in to a swan 94

2017 stoney rise no clothes - strawberry and kirsch gentle grape hubba bubba, bit savoury, not sweet. Good and clean. Sticky tannin 90
2016 Holyman stoney rise - gentle strawberry spice, very light, not much carry thru. Lean, not much guts 90
2016 holyman Pinot - here's a wine, strawberry and garden herbs, cinnamon, red peppers, gentle gentle. Like nice hug. broader light and lithe still, 95
2015 holyman project x - medicinal cherry, black and red fruits. Lean and lithe, heavier fruit than the holyman. More serious, but I prefer the standard 93
2016 Chatto - bloody beauty, bright cherry, whip of caramel, creamy, zip of herb, cinnamon, mouthfeel amazing., lean and line and length. Stonker . 95
2016 Chatto Isle - deep brooding, a bit darker with a lick of gentle medicine. Darker and broader. Bigger and riper than the Chatto. Good gear. 94
2016 Tolpuddle - gentle sweetness, beaut ripe cherry and strawberry, vanilla husk, cherry spice over wet savoury earth, cinnamon flow, greats gentle tannin. ethereal, lovely gear 94
2016 SHaw and smith - crunch cherry stalk, and Lund and sweet but excellent. Bit of Bernhardt funk flows in to red chrryy sauce. A little Stemmy. Good 92
Pn16 vinteloper - mad labels. Smells of everything. Black cherry baking spices, strawberry fun, but assured. Great tannin, grippy Stems. Super awesome 93
Opn 14 vinteloper - dark stalky stem, cherry and spice, fark, deep and dark, brooding mother, stonker 93

2016 giant steps Yarra blend - smokey earth, cherry spice, dark and dense, lean and strong. Gentle vanilla cinnamon spice 92
2016 giant steps primavera - darker cherry, light alcohol lift, colour very light. Spicy cinnamon, stems over dark green twiggy business. serious. Great 93
2016 Journey wines - red and dark cherry, light caramel flow, red spice, gentle and light. Great buying if under 22. 90
2016 Yarra Yering warramate - black cherry, light extraction, little caramel and raspberry flows over damp soil, cut trees and 92
2016 Yarra Yering - black cherry and strawberry spice, stems, balance palate flow cracker 94
2016 Yarra Yering light dry red - black cherry, tar and plum, peaty but bright, complex. Hunteresque. Quality 93
2016 dirty 3 gippsland Pinot - dark strawberry with stems, lick of cola sweetness in there. Perhaps a bit broad and loose. Nice flavour, and good wine though 91
2016 dirty 3 dirt 1 - again strawberry cherry, sweetness, and cinnamon cola spice. good drinking. Like it, 92
2016 dirty 3 dirt 2 - lighter and leaner, more serious and better with less sweetness, cured cherry and cranberry spice, nice stem action and good grippy tannin to end. 93
2016 Dirty 3 dirt 3 - lovely flow of cherry and spice over forest and earth. Belter 94
2015 Dirty 3 Holgates Rd - same block as the dirt 3. Light and bright, cherry and lovable. Cracking 93
2016 Stonier - sweet fruited, cherry cola, sweet cherry lolly, 89
2015 Stonier Jimjoca - black cherry, light sweetness flows through dark and deep, dense and long. excellent wine 92
2014 Stonier Reserve - dark cherry funky barnyard, a bit hot over a dark forest and wet undergrowth. 91
2016 Paringa Estate PE - black and red fruited. Gentle sweetness, not ott, some stalky business, creamy flow with a bit of grip. punches above its weight. 91
2014 Paringa Estate - black cherry and spicebox, nice flow, a bit of green stalk, but balance and power, beautiful stuff 92
2014 Paringa the Paringa - a big serious thing. Black and dark fruited cherry with cinnamon spice. A lick of vanilla and redcurrant spice. Serious gear. 92
2016 Bellbrae Estate Longboard - cherry and spice, a swirl of cinnamon, but gentle grassiness in there too. Barely there tannin. Finished savoury and spicy. Good flow. Light on its feet 91
2016 Bellbrae Estate Bird Rock - black and red cherry smooth. Smoke and earth, crushed vines. Lovely wine. 92
2016 Clyde Park - a bit green dark green, black cherry, spicy funk and herbal. Kind of distractingstemmyness 89
2016 Clyde Park Bannockburn single Vineyard B2 - black cherry spicebox. Again green, dark fruit and good spice. Nice mouthfeel but There's a bit of soft drink creamy soda smell to it. 90
2016 Clyde Park F16 - here's something a bit different. Big and ballsy. Black cherry, almost plummy, large. Lumpy. Heavy spice and stems. 91
2016 Clyde Park D16 - yes. South facing, great stuff. Love this. Black cherry, lighter and leaner than the rest.. and better by far 93
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 114 block 3 - red cherry cola and sticky, but gently sweet herbal finish. Lovely flow Bloody good. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 115 block 3 - black and red cherry, perfumed beautiful. Savoury spice, and nice steamy lift. Gentle vanilla, drying and better than 114. 93
2016 Yabby Lake Abel block 3 - ooh a zip of cherry, greeny stems not distracting, but a grippy grape seed bitter tannin, stem finish. balance and power. Lovely but perhaps a bit too much pip tannin 89
2016 Yabby Lake G5v15 - Cherry and cinnamon spice, again stalky, but not as tannin puppy as the previous. Still a little green perhaps. Interesting. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Mothervine Block 5 - beguiling cherry and strawberry spice, great balance and mouthfeel. Sticky tannin, but not distracting or intrusive. 93 Excellent
2016 Yabby Lake D4V2 block 8 - dark cherry light cola, green herbs and a stick of cinnamon. Back to sweet, 91
2016 Yabby Lake single Vineyard Pinot - great thing. The sum of the parts are greater than the individuals. Got the best of everything in there 94
2014 Pegasus Bay - deep and dark fruited, bit of horse stable in there and kirsch liquor. Good balance but back to NZ big 92
2007 Pegasus Bay - lovely line and engaged a testament to the agability of these wines. Cherry and dark spicebox, light caramel sweetness flows over, but zips tight with great acid structure and the ripe tannin that carry the wine long. 93
2013 Pegasus Bay prima Donna - earth smoke, sweet cherry spice, lovely balance. Beautiful tannin. Exceptional wine 95
2013 Austins & co customs collection - Dar know cherry and strawberry, savoury stem. Flow and balance An endearing finish. Excellent stuff 93
2016 Austins & Co greenbank - black cherry cinnamon spice, steamy stalky, balance acid gold. quintessential Pinot. goodness. Excellent 93
2016 6ft6 - just as good. Perhaps a little blocky/bangk and not quite as precise as the others, but a good wine nonetheless. Excellent 92
2016 RayMonde Deux - what a find. Balance superlative. Black cherry Crimson and dark fruits, myrtle in colour and flavour. beaut tannin. Great wine! 93
2016 Hand picked Yarra Valley - light strawberry and cherry sherbet, licks of dark green tannin and forest floor. Gary Baldwin 93
2015 Hand Picked Mornington - very good 92
2013 Hand Picked Yarra collection - wtf is this. Black cherry, balance and power. Cherry spice all things nice. Cracking 93
2013 Hand Picked central Otago - black cherry nah, I think I've decided I'm not the biggest fan of nz Pinot. 90
2016 Coldstream Hills - black cherry dark fruited, nice and dry. Very good wine, and bombs on twe pricing 91
2016 Coldstream Hills Deer Farm - wow. Lovely sweet cherry and strawberry balance impeccable. Strawberry sherbet. Beautiful wine. Wowee. 93
2016 Coldstream Hills Drs block - cherry and strawberry blend. Red and purple, Flow over vines and gentle tannin. Some wet earth, but a scorching wine. another ripping wine. 93
2015 Mooroduc Estate Pinot - yum. Bangs if cherry and gentle sweetness, balance and great palate flow. Lightly sweet. Red spices and gentle acid flow. 92
2015 Mooroduc Robinson Pinot - again. A banging Pinot. Wow. Red cherry spice balance flow power. Magnificent. Spice length cracker 93
2015 Mooroduc McIntyre - deep dark garnet colour. Dense fruit but again balance. A little more tannic and serious but everything gets carried. A stonking wine 94 super impressed.
2015 moorooduc Garden Pinot - wow. Leafy greens and beautiful, garden by name garden by nature. My sort of Pinot. Fresh, feminine, lengthy fruit, wow. 94
2016 port Phillip quartier - lovely wine. 90
2015 Port Phillip estate - black cherry saline flows over, kitten tongue tannin beautiful wine 93
2015 Kooyong Estate. Sweet fruited, cherry and spice, light but mean. Spicy. 92
2014 Picardy - cherry and cinnamon spice. Beautiful . 92
2015 Picardy - the band came crashing through and they (stallholders/owners) packed up and walked out leaving a bunch of wine of the table. Security were quick to shut it down, but I grabbed a taste. The 15 and the premium were bothe exceptional. 93 for 15 and 95 for Reserve.
2013 Below & Above - beaut black cherry and spice, red flowers, gentle custard cream that flows on and through. Lovely dark green and Crimson tannin lift. Brilliant wine Who would have thought Pemberton would smash the shit out of Pinot. Wtf! 93
2014 Below & Above - similar profile to 13" a bit sweeter though which is marginally distracting. 92

[Ozzie W]

Alright. Here goes. Apologies in advance for the general shortness of the notes, and somewhat similar feel to them. Had about 30seconds to a minute with each wine before moving on and battling the hoardes to get in there for a taste. Exceptional day. Scores are based on my preference, tannin and mouthfeel as well as complexity and length.

2016 Akarua Rua - mulch earth black cherry a little sour edged light an gear 91
2016 Akarua bannockburn - black cherry and earthen, mulch and deep, dense and d lean. Fun dark . Sticky tannin. Nice gear. 92
2015 Burn Cottage moonlight race - delicious nose of strawberry cherry and cinnamon spice. Lovely precise wine 92
2015 burn cottage - darker brooding wine. Black cherry cinnnamon and mulchy set earth. Light vanilla pod setting. Excellent gear 93
2015 Carrick bannockburn - black cherry, little bit of warmth on the front. Dark purple, red cranberries and earth. Grippy dark green tannin 92
2016 Carrick billet Doux - funky red cherry, earthen and savoury. Gamay like. Mouth watering acidity that flows through, nice stuff 91
2016 Carrick unravelled - red cherry and dark funk, black spices with warm dark green grippy tannin. A good thing 91
2014 Charteris Central Otago - black cherry and christmas spice, redcurrant and crunchy herbs, lithe and good. Some wet earth 92
2013 Charteris Winter Vineyard - black cherry, deep and dark, brooding bruiser but in a good way. Get those Christmas spices again, some vanilla and dark green wet forest thing happening. Grippy tannin. Great stuff, but maybe a bit big for me 92
2016 Maude Pinot - red and black cherry fruited, dark greens and wet earthy crunch. Like 91
2015 Maude EMW (east meets west) - black cherry and dark forest. Vanilla pod and cinnamon crunch. Whew. 93. Great mouthfeel and good gear. Excellent 93
2014 Maude Kids block - heavy smack of kirsch and dark black cherry fruits, vanilla, deep and dark. Wet earth, mushroom, Sweet vanilla and cinnamon nutmeg. Great stuff. But a bruiser 93
2015 Valli Gibbston - red chery, lighter and leaner than the previous. Lovely line and a gentle cherry pip tannin carrying on. 92
2015 Valli Bannockburn - dark fruits. Macerated cherry again, got a bit of funk on the nose,drying, dark and long. Sweet and savoury. Herbal and good. Complex grippy tannin 92
2015 Valli Bendigo - light and bright, red cherry cinnamon warhead, burny palat, dark mulchy A zip of good acidity. But burns 90
2015 Valli Waitake - yum - red cherry and spice, herb and strength. Great spice and balance. Grippy tannin and dark green business. This is the bollocks 94
2013 Rippon - quite closed on the nose, cherry, stemy. Ungiving. Lean and body is there, but needs time to unfurl 92
2010 Rippon - turned in to a swan 94

2017 stoney rise no clothes - strawberry and kirsch gentle grape hubba bubba, bit savoury, not sweet. Good and clean. Sticky tannin 90
2016 Holyman stoney rise - gentle strawberry spice, very light, not much carry thru. Lean, not much guts 90
2016 holyman Pinot - here's a wine, strawberry and garden herbs, cinnamon, red peppers, gentle gentle. Like nice hug. broader light and lithe still, 95
2015 holyman project x - medicinal cherry, black and red fruits. Lean and lithe, heavier fruit than the holyman. More serious, but I prefer the standard 93
2016 Chatto - bloody beauty, bright cherry, whip of caramel, creamy, zip of herb, cinnamon, mouthfeel amazing., lean and line and length. Stonker . 95
2016 Chatto Isle - deep brooding, a bit darker with a lick of gentle medicine. Darker and broader. Bigger and riper than the Chatto. Good gear. 94
2016 Tolpuddle - gentle sweetness, beaut ripe cherry and strawberry, vanilla husk, cherry spice over wet savoury earth, cinnamon flow, greats gentle tannin. ethereal, lovely gear 94
2016 SHaw and smith - crunch cherry stalk, and Lund and sweet but excellent. Bit of Bernhardt funk flows in to red chrryy sauce. A little Stemmy. Good 92
Pn16 vinteloper - mad labels. Smells of everything. Black cherry baking spices, strawberry fun, but assured. Great tannin, grippy Stems. Super awesome 93
Opn 14 vinteloper - dark stalky stem, cherry and spice, fark, deep and dark, brooding mother, stonker 93

2016 giant steps Yarra blend - smokey earth, cherry spice, dark and dense, lean and strong. Gentle vanilla cinnamon spice 92
2016 giant steps primavera - darker cherry, light alcohol lift, colour very light. Spicy cinnamon, stems over dark green twiggy business. serious. Great 93
2016 Journey wines - red and dark cherry, light caramel flow, red spice, gentle and light. Great buying if under 22. 90
2016 Yarra Yering warramate - black cherry, light extraction, little caramel and raspberry flows over damp soil, cut trees and 92
2016 Yarra Yering - black cherry and strawberry spice, stems, balance palate flow cracker 94
2016 Yarra Yering light dry red - black cherry, tar and plum, peaty but bright, complex. Hunteresque. Quality 93
2016 dirty 3 gippsland Pinot - dark strawberry with stems, lick of cola sweetness in there. Perhaps a bit broad and loose. Nice flavour, and good wine though 91
2016 dirty 3 dirt 1 - again strawberry cherry, sweetness, and cinnamon cola spice. good drinking. Like it, 92
2016 dirty 3 dirt 2 - lighter and leaner, more serious and better with less sweetness, cured cherry and cranberry spice, nice stem action and good grippy tannin to end. 93
2016 Dirty 3 dirt 3 - lovely flow of cherry and spice over forest and earth. Belter 94
2015 Dirty 3 Holgates Rd - same block as the dirt 3. Light and bright, cherry and lovable. Cracking 93
2016 Stonier - sweet fruited, cherry cola, sweet cherry lolly, 89
2015 Stonier Jimjoca - black cherry, light sweetness flows through dark and deep, dense and long. excellent wine 92
2014 Stonier Reserve - dark cherry funky barnyard, a bit hot over a dark forest and wet undergrowth. 91
2016 Paringa Estate PE - black and red fruited. Gentle sweetness, not ott, some stalky business, creamy flow with a bit of grip. punches above its weight. 91
2014 Paringa Estate - black cherry and spicebox, nice flow, a bit of green stalk, but balance and power, beautiful stuff 92
2014 Paringa the Paringa - a big serious thing. Black and dark fruited cherry with cinnamon spice. A lick of vanilla and redcurrant spice. Serious gear. 92
2016 Bellbrae Estate Longboard - cherry and spice, a swirl of cinnamon, but gentle grassiness in there too. Barely there tannin. Finished savoury and spicy. Good flow. Light on its feet 91
2016 Bellbrae Estate Bird Rock - black and red cherry smooth. Smoke and earth, crushed vines. Lovely wine. 92
2016 Clyde Park - a bit green dark green, black cherry, spicy funk and herbal. Kind of distractingstemmyness 89
2016 Clyde Park Bannockburn single Vineyard B2 - black cherry spicebox. Again green, dark fruit and good spice. Nice mouthfeel but There's a bit of soft drink creamy soda smell to it. 90
2016 Clyde Park F16 - here's something a bit different. Big and ballsy. Black cherry, almost plummy, large. Lumpy. Heavy spice and stems. 91
2016 Clyde Park D16 - yes. South facing, great stuff. Love this. Black cherry, lighter and leaner than the rest.. and better by far 93
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 114 block 3 - red cherry cola and sticky, but gently sweet herbal finish. Lovely flow Bloody good. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 115 block 3 - black and red cherry, perfumed beautiful. Savoury spice, and nice steamy lift. Gentle vanilla, drying and better than 114. 93
2016 Yabby Lake Abel block 3 - ooh a zip of cherry, greeny stems not distracting, but a grippy grape seed bitter tannin, stem finish. balance and power. Lovely but perhaps a bit too much pip tannin 89
2016 Yabby Lake G5v15 - Cherry and cinnamon spice, again stalky, but not as tannin puppy as the previous. Still a little green perhaps. Interesting. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Mothervine Block 5 - beguiling cherry and strawberry spice, great balance and mouthfeel. Sticky tannin, but not distracting or intrusive. 93 Excellent
2016 Yabby Lake D4V2 block 8 - dark cherry light cola, green herbs and a stick of cinnamon. Back to sweet, 91
2016 Yabby Lake single Vineyard Pinot - great thing. The sum of the parts are greater than the individuals. Got the best of everything in there 94
2014 Pegasus Bay - deep and dark fruited, bit of horse stable in there and kirsch liquor. Good balance but back to NZ big 92
2007 Pegasus Bay - lovely line and engaged a testament to the agability of these wines. Cherry and dark spicebox, light caramel sweetness flows over, but zips tight with great acid structure and the ripe tannin that carry the wine long. 93
2013 Pegasus Bay prima Donna - earth smoke, sweet cherry spice, lovely balance. Beautiful tannin. Exceptional wine 95
2013 Austins & co customs collection - Dar know cherry and strawberry, savoury stem. Flow and balance An endearing finish. Excellent stuff 93
2016 Austins & Co greenbank - black cherry cinnamon spice, steamy stalky, balance acid gold. quintessential Pinot. goodness. Excellent 93
2016 6ft6 - just as good. Perhaps a little blocky/bangk and not quite as precise as the others, but a good wine nonetheless. Excellent 92
2016 RayMonde Deux - what a find. Balance superlative. Black cherry Crimson and dark fruits, myrtle in colour and flavour. beaut tannin. Great wine! 93
2016 Hand picked Yarra Valley - light strawberry and cherry sherbet, licks of dark green tannin and forest floor. Gary Baldwin 93
2015 Hand Picked Mornington - very good 92
2013 Hand Picked Yarra collection - wtf is this. Black cherry, balance and power. Cherry spice all things nice. Cracking 93
2013 Hand Picked central Otago - black cherry nah, I think I've decided I'm not the biggest fan of nz Pinot. 90
2016 Coldstream Hills - black cherry dark fruited, nice and dry. Very good wine, and bombs on twe pricing 91
2016 Coldstream Hills Deer Farm - wow. Lovely sweet cherry and strawberry balance impeccable. Strawberry sherbet. Beautiful wine. Wowee. 93
2016 Coldstream Hills Drs block - cherry and strawberry blend. Red and purple, Flow over vines and gentle tannin. Some wet earth, but a scorching wine. another ripping wine. 93
2015 Mooroduc Estate Pinot - yum. Bangs if cherry and gentle sweetness, balance and great palate flow. Lightly sweet. Red spices and gentle acid flow. 92
2015 Mooroduc Robinson Pinot - again. A banging Pinot. Wow. Red cherry spice balance flow power. Magnificent. Spice length cracker 93
2015 Mooroduc McIntyre - deep dark garnet colour. Dense fruit but again balance. A little more tannic and serious but everything gets carried. A stonking wine 94 super impressed.
2015 moorooduc Garden Pinot - wow. Leafy greens and beautiful, garden by name garden by nature. My sort of Pinot. Fresh, feminine, lengthy fruit, wow. 94
2016 port Phillip quartier - lovely wine. 90
2015 Port Phillip estate - black cherry saline flows over, kitten tongue tannin beautiful wine 93
2015 Kooyong Estate. Sweet fruited, cherry and spice, light but mean. Spicy. 92
2014 Picardy - cherry and cinnamon spice. Beautiful . 92
2015 Picardy - the band came crashing through and they (stallholders/owners) packed up and walked out leaving a bunch of wine of the table. Security were quick to shut it down, but I grabbed a taste. The 15 and the premium were bothe exceptional. 93 for 15 and 95 for Reserve.
2013 Below & Above - beaut black cherry and spice, red flowers, gentle custard cream that flows on and through. Lovely dark green and Crimson tannin lift. Brilliant wine Who would have thought Pemberton would smash the shit out of Pinot. Wtf! 93
2014 Below & Above - similar profile to 13" a bit sweeter though which is marginally distracting. 92

That is some serious note taking. Well done and thanks for posting them all.

[rooman]

Bumped into pc79 and his faithful iPad at the Sydney event so no doubt his usual comprehensive notes are imminent!!

Greywacke
Pegasus Bay
Schubert (marion15)
Valli (only the Waitaki 15)
Tarrawarra
Picardy
Yarra Yering
Rippon

Cheers,Tim

I’m glad you liked the Schubert, it’s one of my favourite NZ pinots and it just flies below the radar. How much was it’s RRP?

Mark

[mjs]

Pc79, I’m with Ozzie, great notes, taking one for the forum

There’s no way I could work through that many pinots!

[Scotty vino]

Alright. Here goes. Apologies in advance for the general shortness of the notes, and somewhat similar feel to them. Had about 30seconds to a minute with each wine before moving on and battling the hoardes to get in there for a taste. Exceptional day. Scores are based on my preference, tannin and mouthfeel as well as complexity and length.

2016 Akarua Rua - mulch earth black cherry a little sour edged light an gear 91
2016 Akarua bannockburn - black cherry and earthen, mulch and deep, dense and d lean. Fun dark . Sticky tannin. Nice gear. 92
2015 Burn Cottage moonlight race - delicious nose of strawberry cherry and cinnamon spice. Lovely precise wine 92
2015 burn cottage - darker brooding wine. Black cherry cinnnamon and mulchy set earth. Light vanilla pod setting. Excellent gear 93
2015 Carrick bannockburn - black cherry, little bit of warmth on the front. Dark purple, red cranberries and earth. Grippy dark green tannin 92
2016 Carrick billet Doux - funky red cherry, earthen and savoury. Gamay like. Mouth watering acidity that flows through, nice stuff 91
2016 Carrick unravelled - red cherry and dark funk, black spices with warm dark green grippy tannin. A good thing 91
2014 Charteris Central Otago - black cherry and christmas spice, redcurrant and crunchy herbs, lithe and good. Some wet earth 92
2013 Charteris Winter Vineyard - black cherry, deep and dark, brooding bruiser but in a good way. Get those Christmas spices again, some vanilla and dark green wet forest thing happening. Grippy tannin. Great stuff, but maybe a bit big for me 92
2016 Maude Pinot - red and black cherry fruited, dark greens and wet earthy crunch. Like 91
2015 Maude EMW (east meets west) - black cherry and dark forest. Vanilla pod and cinnamon crunch. Whew. 93. Great mouthfeel and good gear. Excellent 93
2014 Maude Kids block - heavy smack of kirsch and dark black cherry fruits, vanilla, deep and dark. Wet earth, mushroom, Sweet vanilla and cinnamon nutmeg. Great stuff. But a bruiser 93
2015 Valli Gibbston - red chery, lighter and leaner than the previous. Lovely line and a gentle cherry pip tannin carrying on. 92
2015 Valli Bannockburn - dark fruits. Macerated cherry again, got a bit of funk on the nose,drying, dark and long. Sweet and savoury. Herbal and good. Complex grippy tannin 92
2015 Valli Bendigo - light and bright, red cherry cinnamon warhead, burny palat, dark mulchy A zip of good acidity. But burns 90
2015 Valli Waitake - yum - red cherry and spice, herb and strength. Great spice and balance. Grippy tannin and dark green business. This is the bollocks 94
2013 Rippon - quite closed on the nose, cherry, stemy. Ungiving. Lean and body is there, but needs time to unfurl 92
2010 Rippon - turned in to a swan 94

2017 stoney rise no clothes - strawberry and kirsch gentle grape hubba bubba, bit savoury, not sweet. Good and clean. Sticky tannin 90
2016 Holyman stoney rise - gentle strawberry spice, very light, not much carry thru. Lean, not much guts 90
2016 holyman Pinot - here's a wine, strawberry and garden herbs, cinnamon, red peppers, gentle gentle. Like nice hug. broader light and lithe still, 95
2015 holyman project x - medicinal cherry, black and red fruits. Lean and lithe, heavier fruit than the holyman. More serious, but I prefer the standard 93
2016 Chatto - bloody beauty, bright cherry, whip of caramel, creamy, zip of herb, cinnamon, mouthfeel amazing., lean and line and length. Stonker . 95
2016 Chatto Isle - deep brooding, a bit darker with a lick of gentle medicine. Darker and broader. Bigger and riper than the Chatto. Good gear. 94
2016 Tolpuddle - gentle sweetness, beaut ripe cherry and strawberry, vanilla husk, cherry spice over wet savoury earth, cinnamon flow, greats gentle tannin. ethereal, lovely gear 94
2016 SHaw and smith - crunch cherry stalk, and Lund and sweet but excellent. Bit of Bernhardt funk flows in to red chrryy sauce. A little Stemmy. Good 92
Pn16 vinteloper - mad labels. Smells of everything. Black cherry baking spices, strawberry fun, but assured. Great tannin, grippy Stems. Super awesome 93
Opn 14 vinteloper - dark stalky stem, cherry and spice, fark, deep and dark, brooding mother, stonker 93

2016 giant steps Yarra blend - smokey earth, cherry spice, dark and dense, lean and strong. Gentle vanilla cinnamon spice 92
2016 giant steps primavera - darker cherry, light alcohol lift, colour very light. Spicy cinnamon, stems over dark green twiggy business. serious. Great 93
2016 Journey wines - red and dark cherry, light caramel flow, red spice, gentle and light. Great buying if under 22. 90
2016 Yarra Yering warramate - black cherry, light extraction, little caramel and raspberry flows over damp soil, cut trees and 92
2016 Yarra Yering - black cherry and strawberry spice, stems, balance palate flow cracker 94
2016 Yarra Yering light dry red - black cherry, tar and plum, peaty but bright, complex. Hunteresque. Quality 93
2016 dirty 3 gippsland Pinot - dark strawberry with stems, lick of cola sweetness in there. Perhaps a bit broad and loose. Nice flavour, and good wine though 91
2016 dirty 3 dirt 1 - again strawberry cherry, sweetness, and cinnamon cola spice. good drinking. Like it, 92
2016 dirty 3 dirt 2 - lighter and leaner, more serious and better with less sweetness, cured cherry and cranberry spice, nice stem action and good grippy tannin to end. 93
2016 Dirty 3 dirt 3 - lovely flow of cherry and spice over forest and earth. Belter 94
2015 Dirty 3 Holgates Rd - same block as the dirt 3. Light and bright, cherry and lovable. Cracking 93
2016 Stonier - sweet fruited, cherry cola, sweet cherry lolly, 89
2015 Stonier Jimjoca - black cherry, light sweetness flows through dark and deep, dense and long. excellent wine 92
2014 Stonier Reserve - dark cherry funky barnyard, a bit hot over a dark forest and wet undergrowth. 91
2016 Paringa Estate PE - black and red fruited. Gentle sweetness, not ott, some stalky business, creamy flow with a bit of grip. punches above its weight. 91
2014 Paringa Estate - black cherry and spicebox, nice flow, a bit of green stalk, but balance and power, beautiful stuff 92
2014 Paringa the Paringa - a big serious thing. Black and dark fruited cherry with cinnamon spice. A lick of vanilla and redcurrant spice. Serious gear. 92
2016 Bellbrae Estate Longboard - cherry and spice, a swirl of cinnamon, but gentle grassiness in there too. Barely there tannin. Finished savoury and spicy. Good flow. Light on its feet 91
2016 Bellbrae Estate Bird Rock - black and red cherry smooth. Smoke and earth, crushed vines. Lovely wine. 92
2016 Clyde Park - a bit green dark green, black cherry, spicy funk and herbal. Kind of distractingstemmyness 89
2016 Clyde Park Bannockburn single Vineyard B2 - black cherry spicebox. Again green, dark fruit and good spice. Nice mouthfeel but There's a bit of soft drink creamy soda smell to it. 90
2016 Clyde Park F16 - here's something a bit different. Big and ballsy. Black cherry, almost plummy, large. Lumpy. Heavy spice and stems. 91
2016 Clyde Park D16 - yes. South facing, great stuff. Love this. Black cherry, lighter and leaner than the rest.. and better by far 93
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 114 block 3 - red cherry cola and sticky, but gently sweet herbal finish. Lovely flow Bloody good. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 115 block 3 - black and red cherry, perfumed beautiful. Savoury spice, and nice steamy lift. Gentle vanilla, drying and better than 114. 93
2016 Yabby Lake Abel block 3 - ooh a zip of cherry, greeny stems not distracting, but a grippy grape seed bitter tannin, stem finish. balance and power. Lovely but perhaps a bit too much pip tannin 89
2016 Yabby Lake G5v15 - Cherry and cinnamon spice, again stalky, but not as tannin puppy as the previous. Still a little green perhaps. Interesting. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Mothervine Block 5 - beguiling cherry and strawberry spice, great balance and mouthfeel. Sticky tannin, but not distracting or intrusive. 93 Excellent
2016 Yabby Lake D4V2 block 8 - dark cherry light cola, green herbs and a stick of cinnamon. Back to sweet, 91
2016 Yabby Lake single Vineyard Pinot - great thing. The sum of the parts are greater than the individuals. Got the best of everything in there 94
2014 Pegasus Bay - deep and dark fruited, bit of horse stable in there and kirsch liquor. Good balance but back to NZ big 92
2007 Pegasus Bay - lovely line and engaged a testament to the agability of these wines. Cherry and dark spicebox, light caramel sweetness flows over, but zips tight with great acid structure and the ripe tannin that carry the wine long. 93
2013 Pegasus Bay prima Donna - earth smoke, sweet cherry spice, lovely balance. Beautiful tannin. Exceptional wine 95
2013 Austins & co customs collection - Dar know cherry and strawberry, savoury stem. Flow and balance An endearing finish. Excellent stuff 93
2016 Austins & Co greenbank - black cherry cinnamon spice, steamy stalky, balance acid gold. quintessential Pinot. goodness. Excellent 93
2016 6ft6 - just as good. Perhaps a little blocky/bangk and not quite as precise as the others, but a good wine nonetheless. Excellent 92
2016 RayMonde Deux - what a find. Balance superlative. Black cherry Crimson and dark fruits, myrtle in colour and flavour. beaut tannin. Great wine! 93
2016 Hand picked Yarra Valley - light strawberry and cherry sherbet, licks of dark green tannin and forest floor. Gary Baldwin 93
2015 Hand Picked Mornington - very good 92
2013 Hand Picked Yarra collection - wtf is this. Black cherry, balance and power. Cherry spice all things nice. Cracking 93
2013 Hand Picked central Otago - black cherry nah, I think I've decided I'm not the biggest fan of nz Pinot. 90
2016 Coldstream Hills - black cherry dark fruited, nice and dry. Very good wine, and bombs on twe pricing 91
2016 Coldstream Hills Deer Farm - wow. Lovely sweet cherry and strawberry balance impeccable. Strawberry sherbet. Beautiful wine. Wowee. 93
2016 Coldstream Hills Drs block - cherry and strawberry blend. Red and purple, Flow over vines and gentle tannin. Some wet earth, but a scorching wine. another ripping wine. 93
2015 Mooroduc Estate Pinot - yum. Bangs if cherry and gentle sweetness, balance and great palate flow. Lightly sweet. Red spices and gentle acid flow. 92
2015 Mooroduc Robinson Pinot - again. A banging Pinot. Wow. Red cherry spice balance flow power. Magnificent. Spice length cracker 93
2015 Mooroduc McIntyre - deep dark garnet colour. Dense fruit but again balance. A little more tannic and serious but everything gets carried. A stonking wine 94 super impressed.
2015 moorooduc Garden Pinot - wow. Leafy greens and beautiful, garden by name garden by nature. My sort of Pinot. Fresh, feminine, lengthy fruit, wow. 94
2016 port Phillip quartier - lovely wine. 90
2015 Port Phillip estate - black cherry saline flows over, kitten tongue tannin beautiful wine 93
2015 Kooyong Estate. Sweet fruited, cherry and spice, light but mean. Spicy. 92
2014 Picardy - cherry and cinnamon spice. Beautiful . 92
2015 Picardy - the band came crashing through and they (stallholders/owners) packed up and walked out leaving a bunch of wine of the table. Security were quick to shut it down, but I grabbed a taste. The 15 and the premium were bothe exceptional. 93 for 15 and 95 for Reserve.
2013 Below & Above - beaut black cherry and spice, red flowers, gentle custard cream that flows on and through. Lovely dark green and Crimson tannin lift. Brilliant wine Who would have thought Pemberton would smash the shit out of Pinot. Wtf! 93
2014 Below & Above - similar profile to 13" a bit sweeter though which is marginally distracting. 92

Who needs a subscription to a wine review site? Well done, thanks for that.

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[winz]

Alright. Here goes. Apologies in advance for the general shortness of the notes, and somewhat similar feel to them. Had about 30seconds to a minute with each wine before moving on and battling the hoardes to get in there for a taste. Exceptional day. Scores are based on my preference, tannin and mouthfeel as well as complexity and length.

2016 Akarua Rua - mulch earth black cherry a little sour edged light an gear 91
2016 Akarua bannockburn - black cherry and earthen, mulch and deep, dense and d lean. Fun dark . Sticky tannin. Nice gear. 92
2015 Burn Cottage moonlight race - delicious nose of strawberry cherry and cinnamon spice. Lovely precise wine 92
2015 burn cottage - darker brooding wine. Black cherry cinnnamon and mulchy set earth. Light vanilla pod setting. Excellent gear 93
2015 Carrick bannockburn - black cherry, little bit of warmth on the front. Dark purple, red cranberries and earth. Grippy dark green tannin 92
2016 Carrick billet Doux - funky red cherry, earthen and savoury. Gamay like. Mouth watering acidity that flows through, nice stuff 91
2016 Carrick unravelled - red cherry and dark funk, black spices with warm dark green grippy tannin. A good thing 91
2014 Charteris Central Otago - black cherry and christmas spice, redcurrant and crunchy herbs, lithe and good. Some wet earth 92
2013 Charteris Winter Vineyard - black cherry, deep and dark, brooding bruiser but in a good way. Get those Christmas spices again, some vanilla and dark green wet forest thing happening. Grippy tannin. Great stuff, but maybe a bit big for me 92
2016 Maude Pinot - red and black cherry fruited, dark greens and wet earthy crunch. Like 91
2015 Maude EMW (east meets west) - black cherry and dark forest. Vanilla pod and cinnamon crunch. Whew. 93. Great mouthfeel and good gear. Excellent 93
2014 Maude Kids block - heavy smack of kirsch and dark black cherry fruits, vanilla, deep and dark. Wet earth, mushroom, Sweet vanilla and cinnamon nutmeg. Great stuff. But a bruiser 93
2015 Valli Gibbston - red chery, lighter and leaner than the previous. Lovely line and a gentle cherry pip tannin carrying on. 92
2015 Valli Bannockburn - dark fruits. Macerated cherry again, got a bit of funk on the nose,drying, dark and long. Sweet and savoury. Herbal and good. Complex grippy tannin 92
2015 Valli Bendigo - light and bright, red cherry cinnamon warhead, burny palat, dark mulchy A zip of good acidity. But burns 90
2015 Valli Waitake - yum - red cherry and spice, herb and strength. Great spice and balance. Grippy tannin and dark green business. This is the bollocks 94
2013 Rippon - quite closed on the nose, cherry, stemy. Ungiving. Lean and body is there, but needs time to unfurl 92
2010 Rippon - turned in to a swan 94

2017 stoney rise no clothes - strawberry and kirsch gentle grape hubba bubba, bit savoury, not sweet. Good and clean. Sticky tannin 90
2016 Holyman stoney rise - gentle strawberry spice, very light, not much carry thru. Lean, not much guts 90
2016 holyman Pinot - here's a wine, strawberry and garden herbs, cinnamon, red peppers, gentle gentle. Like nice hug. broader light and lithe still, 95
2015 holyman project x - medicinal cherry, black and red fruits. Lean and lithe, heavier fruit than the holyman. More serious, but I prefer the standard 93
2016 Chatto - bloody beauty, bright cherry, whip of caramel, creamy, zip of herb, cinnamon, mouthfeel amazing., lean and line and length. Stonker . 95
2016 Chatto Isle - deep brooding, a bit darker with a lick of gentle medicine. Darker and broader. Bigger and riper than the Chatto. Good gear. 94
2016 Tolpuddle - gentle sweetness, beaut ripe cherry and strawberry, vanilla husk, cherry spice over wet savoury earth, cinnamon flow, greats gentle tannin. ethereal, lovely gear 94
2016 SHaw and smith - crunch cherry stalk, and Lund and sweet but excellent. Bit of Bernhardt funk flows in to red chrryy sauce. A little Stemmy. Good 92
Pn16 vinteloper - mad labels. Smells of everything. Black cherry baking spices, strawberry fun, but assured. Great tannin, grippy Stems. Super awesome 93
Opn 14 vinteloper - dark stalky stem, cherry and spice, fark, deep and dark, brooding mother, stonker 93

2016 giant steps Yarra blend - smokey earth, cherry spice, dark and dense, lean and strong. Gentle vanilla cinnamon spice 92
2016 giant steps primavera - darker cherry, light alcohol lift, colour very light. Spicy cinnamon, stems over dark green twiggy business. serious. Great 93
2016 Journey wines - red and dark cherry, light caramel flow, red spice, gentle and light. Great buying if under 22. 90
2016 Yarra Yering warramate - black cherry, light extraction, little caramel and raspberry flows over damp soil, cut trees and 92
2016 Yarra Yering - black cherry and strawberry spice, stems, balance palate flow cracker 94
2016 Yarra Yering light dry red - black cherry, tar and plum, peaty but bright, complex. Hunteresque. Quality 93
2016 dirty 3 gippsland Pinot - dark strawberry with stems, lick of cola sweetness in there. Perhaps a bit broad and loose. Nice flavour, and good wine though 91
2016 dirty 3 dirt 1 - again strawberry cherry, sweetness, and cinnamon cola spice. good drinking. Like it, 92
2016 dirty 3 dirt 2 - lighter and leaner, more serious and better with less sweetness, cured cherry and cranberry spice, nice stem action and good grippy tannin to end. 93
2016 Dirty 3 dirt 3 - lovely flow of cherry and spice over forest and earth. Belter 94
2015 Dirty 3 Holgates Rd - same block as the dirt 3. Light and bright, cherry and lovable. Cracking 93
2016 Stonier - sweet fruited, cherry cola, sweet cherry lolly, 89
2015 Stonier Jimjoca - black cherry, light sweetness flows through dark and deep, dense and long. excellent wine 92
2014 Stonier Reserve - dark cherry funky barnyard, a bit hot over a dark forest and wet undergrowth. 91
2016 Paringa Estate PE - black and red fruited. Gentle sweetness, not ott, some stalky business, creamy flow with a bit of grip. punches above its weight. 91
2014 Paringa Estate - black cherry and spicebox, nice flow, a bit of green stalk, but balance and power, beautiful stuff 92
2014 Paringa the Paringa - a big serious thing. Black and dark fruited cherry with cinnamon spice. A lick of vanilla and redcurrant spice. Serious gear. 92
2016 Bellbrae Estate Longboard - cherry and spice, a swirl of cinnamon, but gentle grassiness in there too. Barely there tannin. Finished savoury and spicy. Good flow. Light on its feet 91
2016 Bellbrae Estate Bird Rock - black and red cherry smooth. Smoke and earth, crushed vines. Lovely wine. 92
2016 Clyde Park - a bit green dark green, black cherry, spicy funk and herbal. Kind of distractingstemmyness 89
2016 Clyde Park Bannockburn single Vineyard B2 - black cherry spicebox. Again green, dark fruit and good spice. Nice mouthfeel but There's a bit of soft drink creamy soda smell to it. 90
2016 Clyde Park F16 - here's something a bit different. Big and ballsy. Black cherry, almost plummy, large. Lumpy. Heavy spice and stems. 91
2016 Clyde Park D16 - yes. South facing, great stuff. Love this. Black cherry, lighter and leaner than the rest.. and better by far 93
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 114 block 3 - red cherry cola and sticky, but gently sweet herbal finish. Lovely flow Bloody good. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Bernard 115 block 3 - black and red cherry, perfumed beautiful. Savoury spice, and nice steamy lift. Gentle vanilla, drying and better than 114. 93
2016 Yabby Lake Abel block 3 - ooh a zip of cherry, greeny stems not distracting, but a grippy grape seed bitter tannin, stem finish. balance and power. Lovely but perhaps a bit too much pip tannin 89
2016 Yabby Lake G5v15 - Cherry and cinnamon spice, again stalky, but not as tannin puppy as the previous. Still a little green perhaps. Interesting. 91
2016 Yabby Lake Mothervine Block 5 - beguiling cherry and strawberry spice, great balance and mouthfeel. Sticky tannin, but not distracting or intrusive. 93 Excellent
2016 Yabby Lake D4V2 block 8 - dark cherry light cola, green herbs and a stick of cinnamon. Back to sweet, 91
2016 Yabby Lake single Vineyard Pinot - great thing. The sum of the parts are greater than the individuals. Got the best of everything in there 94
2014 Pegasus Bay - deep and dark fruited, bit of horse stable in there and kirsch liquor. Good balance but back to NZ big 92
2007 Pegasus Bay - lovely line and engaged a testament to the agability of these wines. Cherry and dark spicebox, light caramel sweetness flows over, but zips tight with great acid structure and the ripe tannin that carry the wine long. 93
2013 Pegasus Bay prima Donna - earth smoke, sweet cherry spice, lovely balance. Beautiful tannin. Exceptional wine 95
2013 Austins & co customs collection - Dar know cherry and strawberry, savoury stem. Flow and balance An endearing finish. Excellent stuff 93
2016 Austins & Co greenbank - black cherry cinnamon spice, steamy stalky, balance acid gold. quintessential Pinot. goodness. Excellent 93
2016 6ft6 - just as good. Perhaps a little blocky/bangk and not quite as precise as the others, but a good wine nonetheless. Excellent 92
2016 RayMonde Deux - what a find. Balance superlative. Black cherry Crimson and dark fruits, myrtle in colour and flavour. beaut tannin. Great wine! 93
2016 Hand picked Yarra Valley - light strawberry and cherry sherbet, licks of dark green tannin and forest floor. Gary Baldwin 93
2015 Hand Picked Mornington - very good 92
2013 Hand Picked Yarra collection - wtf is this. Black cherry, balance and power. Cherry spice all things nice. Cracking 93
2013 Hand Picked central Otago - black cherry nah, I think I've decided I'm not the biggest fan of nz Pinot. 90
2016 Coldstream Hills - black cherry dark fruited, nice and dry. Very good wine, and bombs on twe pricing 91
2016 Coldstream Hills Deer Farm - wow. Lovely sweet cherry and strawberry balance impeccable. Strawberry sherbet. Beautiful wine. Wowee. 93
2016 Coldstream Hills Drs block - cherry and strawberry blend. Red and purple, Flow over vines and gentle tannin. Some wet earth, but a scorching wine. another ripping wine. 93
2015 Mooroduc Estate Pinot - yum. Bangs if cherry and gentle sweetness, balance and great palate flow. Lightly sweet. Red spices and gentle acid flow. 92
2015 Mooroduc Robinson Pinot - again. A banging Pinot. Wow. Red cherry spice balance flow power. Magnificent. Spice length cracker 93
2015 Mooroduc McIntyre - deep dark garnet colour. Dense fruit but again balance. A little more tannic and serious but everything gets carried. A stonking wine 94 super impressed.
2015 moorooduc Garden Pinot - wow. Leafy greens and beautiful, garden by name garden by nature. My sort of Pinot. Fresh, feminine, lengthy fruit, wow. 94
2016 port Phillip quartier - lovely wine. 90
2015 Port Phillip estate - black cherry saline flows over, kitten tongue tannin beautiful wine 93
2015 Kooyong Estate. Sweet fruited, cherry and spice, light but mean. Spicy. 92
2014 Picardy - cherry and cinnamon spice. Beautiful . 92
2015 Picardy - the band came crashing through and they (stallholders/owners) packed up and walked out leaving a bunch of wine of the table. Security were quick to shut it down, but I grabbed a taste. The 15 and the premium were bothe exceptional. 93 for 15 and 95 for Reserve.
2013 Below & Above - beaut black cherry and spice, red flowers, gentle custard cream that flows on and through. Lovely dark green and Crimson tannin lift. Brilliant wine Who would have thought Pemberton would smash the shit out of Pinot. Wtf! 93
2014 Below & Above - similar profile to 13" a bit sweeter though which is marginally distracting. 92

Have to agree with the above, phenomenal effort mate!

[pc79]

No worries all, and thanks for the kind words. Left an hour early as had to get to a dinner. Damage could have been greater.