Pinot Palooza 2016
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 12:12 am
Pinotpalooza 2016
2014 Shaw & Smith - Mulchy undergrowth, raspberry, strawberry, horse stables, cinnamon clove. Loses a bit on the palate. 89
2015 Tolpuddle - light and bright, but got some meaty bones about it. Forest floor, mushroom, dark cherry, macerated, pot pourri. Excellent. 92
2015 Stoney Rise - strawberry red cherry fruit dominant savoury finish.
2015 Holyman - builds and rolls unfurls an array of flavours strawberry cherry spice barnyard funky. Could be glorious. 93
2014 project x - more body and balls, but has a distinct lightness of flavour. Very unmoving on the fruit front, savoury wins. Brightness, long finish, sticky tannin. 91.5
2015 Dalrymple Pinot pipers river - strawberries and cream, cherry cola, sweet fruit, tannin grippy. 90
2013 Dalrymple cottage block - dark cherry, strawberry, savoury, wet mulch, long finish, a little hot. Sweet up front, finished log and savoury 92
2013 Dalrymple coal river - forest floor, black cherry, cinnamon, slight hint of green twig, charcoal, serious wine. 91.5
2014 Dalrymple Swansea - cherry, aniseed, grippy sticks, 90
2013 Pegasus bay main divide - serious tannin, an array of spices, cherry fruited, savoury and driving acidity which overwhelms 89
2013 Pegasus bay - again strong, bright cherry, charry cedar oak, Mulchy, dark cherry, cinnamon spice, an overt grippy finish 91
2012 Pegasus Bay Prima Donna - barrel selected from premium vines. Sour cherry, burg like, vanillan, dusty cherry, leads a merry dance over the tongue, beaut balance between fruit, savoury, and tannin 93.5
2013 Pegasus Bay Prima Donna - lighter brighter and more crisp than the 12. Red cherry, forest floor, cloves and some beaut drying tannin 93
2014 Valli Gibbston - cured gamey meats, slight vegetal, cherry spice, dry and sweet fruited..90
2014 Valli Bannockburn - cherry spice, dark fruits, savoury spice, forest floor, mulch, savoury 91
2014 Valli Bendigo - dry barnyard, fleshy plums, black cherry, tar, game, vanilla, 91
2014 Valli Waitaki - sweeter fruited, strawberry, cloves, got a whiff of poop, forest, dark green and maroon, red rose. 91.5
2015 Chatto Huon Valley - roses, raspberry, dusting of cherry spice, some hints of mulch, so light and delicate, feminine, long, ethereal, blistering 94.5
2015 Chatto Isle - deeper and darker fruited, cherry flesh, cedar forest, Christmas tree, dry vanilla, dusty silty tannin excellent 93
2015 Yabby Lake Mornington - cherry and spice, vanilla and cinnamon, sweet fruit, 91
2013 Yabby Lake Mornington - dark cherry, cinnamon, grippy tannin. Nothing unusual. Linear, standard 91
2015 Port Phillip Estate Quartier - vanillan oak, spices, strawberry, touch of green, nice line of acid and tannin 90
2013 Port Phillip Estate Balnarrig - browning, earthen, dark cherry, vanilla, clove, wet tree bark, long strong drying tannin. Good 92
2015 Kooyong Massale - bright dark cherry spice, some varnish, vanilla, barnyard 90
2013 Kooyong Haven - vanilla, varnish lacquer, sweet red fruits, long tannin, nice line of acid. Not a huge fan 89
2015 Giant Steps - vanilla cherry strawberry, sweet light fruit, good palate carry 90
2015 Giant Steps Applejack - vanilla cherry strawberry, whole bunch, more serious line and length 91
2012 Dog Point Pinot - interesting, cherry dried herbs, smoked meats, varnish 90
2014 Dog Point Pinot - yes, nice, spicy, cherry, strawberry topping, dry, acid, sweet, good 91
2014 Spy Valley Pinot - sweet vanilla cherry cola, a whiff of mulch, light and bright, pretty bloody good. 90
2012 Spy Valley Envoy - dark and red cherry, five spice, wood shavings, serious. Prefer the entry. 91
2015 Maude - chook pooey strawberry, spiced, dark tannin, good 91
2015 Maude EMW - cherry, dried herbs, cinnamon, forest floor, solid 91.5
2015 Maude Reserve - pine, cherry and strawberry, could smell this all day. Lightweight palate, finesse and a long supple drying finish. Super strong showing from Maude. 92.5
2014 Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg - horsey, varnish, dark cherry fruit, over extracted? Decent finish 89
2014 Mt Difficulty Bannockburn - cherry and spice, supple, fleshy, dark green, strong 91
2011 Mt Difficulty Target Gully - smell the age on it. Dark fruits barnyard, acetone, meh. 89
2015 Dirty Three Gippsland - cherry, char, light dancing tannin, very good. Surprise 91
2015 Dirty Three Holgates Road Pinot - fuller and bigger, more serious, cherry, spice, all things nice, quality stuff 92
2014 Claude Rateau Borgogne - sour cherry, rancid strawberry funk, crunchy acid, 89
2013 Domaine Rollin Aloxe Corton - funky barnyard, cherry strawberry, drying tannin 91
2015 Joseph Chromy - chooks and rubber. Cherry And vanilla spice. Good wine 90
2012 Chromy Zoar Pinot - depth of flavour, spiced strawberry, goading, 92
2015 Ata Rangi Crimson - red roses, cinnamon, sweet, good 90
2014 Ata Rangi - sweet and savoury, tannin good, fruit sweet dusty cinnamon spiced over red cherry, very good 91.5
2015 Craggy Range Martinborough - dark cherry kirsch, wet wood nice tannin 90
2013 Te Muna Road Pinot - dark animals, cherry game spice anise 90
2012 craggy range Calvert - dark cherry spice, vanilla wood, balance. Savoury over sweet. Very good 91.5
2014 Craggy Range Aroha - termite eaten wet wood, alluring spice, cherry, savoury, long and strong 92
2014 Williams crossing - cherry acetone, sweet vanillan cherry, light bright. Strong effort 90
2013 Curly Flat Curly - whew, vanilla, savoury spice, dark earth, black cherry. This is a beaut. 92.5
2014 Curly Flat Curly - sour savoury spiced, cinnamon, cherry, light, bright, strong. 91.5
2014 Dry River Pinot - smoked meats, whew, light tannin, light mouthfeel, meaty herbal overtone, slight hot of medicinal flavour. Different, but good 91
2011 Dry River Pinot - bold, red cherry, bright, light, even, 90
2014 escarpment Martinborough Pinot -
2014 Escarpment Kiwa - stems and stalks
2014 Palliser Estate pencarrow - Martinborough - coffee beans, cherry, black olive, nice lines. Good stuff. 89
2014 Palliser Estate - dried cherry, herbal, bright and dry, good. 90
2016 Springvale Melrose - sweet cherry, spiced oak, vanilla, soft and light, nice balance, but a bit extracted 89
2015 Springvale Estate - better wine. Nice spiced cherry, dark, brooding, grippy tanning. Some wet wood in there. Decent 90
2009 Springvale Estate - whoa, here we go. Volume up. Dark cherry, picks up that barnyard goodness, then rolls a dark cherry. Feral, great 91
2013 Springvale Family Selection - dark deep cherry marzipan, Mulchy good. sweet cherry fruits, sweet herbs. Something good 91
2012 Henshcke Alan Adelaide Hills - cherry marzipan, sweet oak. Pretty, floral. 90
2013 Henshcke Giles - cherry charcoal oak, sweet fruit drying. Standard excellent winemaking by Henshcke. 91
2014 Shaw & Smith - dry and cherry, clean. Good winemaking, but lacks the sense of place. 90
2015 Bellbrae Longboard Pinot - cherry, bright and light. Smidge of whole bunch (30%). Nice wine. 90
2015 Bellbrae Estate Pinot - smokey dried vines,excellent.
2014 Austins & co - Burnt matchstick, red cherry, light bright good. 90
2015 6foot6 Pinot. - excellent cheaper Pinot. Good stuff 90
2012 Island custom collection - cinnamon, sweet spice beaut: cherry. good stuff 91
2012 Kyberd vineyard - huge savoury spice, dark cherry - gone
2014 Shaw & Smith - Mulchy undergrowth, raspberry, strawberry, horse stables, cinnamon clove. Loses a bit on the palate. 89
2015 Tolpuddle - light and bright, but got some meaty bones about it. Forest floor, mushroom, dark cherry, macerated, pot pourri. Excellent. 92
2015 Stoney Rise - strawberry red cherry fruit dominant savoury finish.
2015 Holyman - builds and rolls unfurls an array of flavours strawberry cherry spice barnyard funky. Could be glorious. 93
2014 project x - more body and balls, but has a distinct lightness of flavour. Very unmoving on the fruit front, savoury wins. Brightness, long finish, sticky tannin. 91.5
2015 Dalrymple Pinot pipers river - strawberries and cream, cherry cola, sweet fruit, tannin grippy. 90
2013 Dalrymple cottage block - dark cherry, strawberry, savoury, wet mulch, long finish, a little hot. Sweet up front, finished log and savoury 92
2013 Dalrymple coal river - forest floor, black cherry, cinnamon, slight hint of green twig, charcoal, serious wine. 91.5
2014 Dalrymple Swansea - cherry, aniseed, grippy sticks, 90
2013 Pegasus bay main divide - serious tannin, an array of spices, cherry fruited, savoury and driving acidity which overwhelms 89
2013 Pegasus bay - again strong, bright cherry, charry cedar oak, Mulchy, dark cherry, cinnamon spice, an overt grippy finish 91
2012 Pegasus Bay Prima Donna - barrel selected from premium vines. Sour cherry, burg like, vanillan, dusty cherry, leads a merry dance over the tongue, beaut balance between fruit, savoury, and tannin 93.5
2013 Pegasus Bay Prima Donna - lighter brighter and more crisp than the 12. Red cherry, forest floor, cloves and some beaut drying tannin 93
2014 Valli Gibbston - cured gamey meats, slight vegetal, cherry spice, dry and sweet fruited..90
2014 Valli Bannockburn - cherry spice, dark fruits, savoury spice, forest floor, mulch, savoury 91
2014 Valli Bendigo - dry barnyard, fleshy plums, black cherry, tar, game, vanilla, 91
2014 Valli Waitaki - sweeter fruited, strawberry, cloves, got a whiff of poop, forest, dark green and maroon, red rose. 91.5
2015 Chatto Huon Valley - roses, raspberry, dusting of cherry spice, some hints of mulch, so light and delicate, feminine, long, ethereal, blistering 94.5
2015 Chatto Isle - deeper and darker fruited, cherry flesh, cedar forest, Christmas tree, dry vanilla, dusty silty tannin excellent 93
2015 Yabby Lake Mornington - cherry and spice, vanilla and cinnamon, sweet fruit, 91
2013 Yabby Lake Mornington - dark cherry, cinnamon, grippy tannin. Nothing unusual. Linear, standard 91
2015 Port Phillip Estate Quartier - vanillan oak, spices, strawberry, touch of green, nice line of acid and tannin 90
2013 Port Phillip Estate Balnarrig - browning, earthen, dark cherry, vanilla, clove, wet tree bark, long strong drying tannin. Good 92
2015 Kooyong Massale - bright dark cherry spice, some varnish, vanilla, barnyard 90
2013 Kooyong Haven - vanilla, varnish lacquer, sweet red fruits, long tannin, nice line of acid. Not a huge fan 89
2015 Giant Steps - vanilla cherry strawberry, sweet light fruit, good palate carry 90
2015 Giant Steps Applejack - vanilla cherry strawberry, whole bunch, more serious line and length 91
2012 Dog Point Pinot - interesting, cherry dried herbs, smoked meats, varnish 90
2014 Dog Point Pinot - yes, nice, spicy, cherry, strawberry topping, dry, acid, sweet, good 91
2014 Spy Valley Pinot - sweet vanilla cherry cola, a whiff of mulch, light and bright, pretty bloody good. 90
2012 Spy Valley Envoy - dark and red cherry, five spice, wood shavings, serious. Prefer the entry. 91
2015 Maude - chook pooey strawberry, spiced, dark tannin, good 91
2015 Maude EMW - cherry, dried herbs, cinnamon, forest floor, solid 91.5
2015 Maude Reserve - pine, cherry and strawberry, could smell this all day. Lightweight palate, finesse and a long supple drying finish. Super strong showing from Maude. 92.5
2014 Mt Difficulty Roaring Meg - horsey, varnish, dark cherry fruit, over extracted? Decent finish 89
2014 Mt Difficulty Bannockburn - cherry and spice, supple, fleshy, dark green, strong 91
2011 Mt Difficulty Target Gully - smell the age on it. Dark fruits barnyard, acetone, meh. 89
2015 Dirty Three Gippsland - cherry, char, light dancing tannin, very good. Surprise 91
2015 Dirty Three Holgates Road Pinot - fuller and bigger, more serious, cherry, spice, all things nice, quality stuff 92
2014 Claude Rateau Borgogne - sour cherry, rancid strawberry funk, crunchy acid, 89
2013 Domaine Rollin Aloxe Corton - funky barnyard, cherry strawberry, drying tannin 91
2015 Joseph Chromy - chooks and rubber. Cherry And vanilla spice. Good wine 90
2012 Chromy Zoar Pinot - depth of flavour, spiced strawberry, goading, 92
2015 Ata Rangi Crimson - red roses, cinnamon, sweet, good 90
2014 Ata Rangi - sweet and savoury, tannin good, fruit sweet dusty cinnamon spiced over red cherry, very good 91.5
2015 Craggy Range Martinborough - dark cherry kirsch, wet wood nice tannin 90
2013 Te Muna Road Pinot - dark animals, cherry game spice anise 90
2012 craggy range Calvert - dark cherry spice, vanilla wood, balance. Savoury over sweet. Very good 91.5
2014 Craggy Range Aroha - termite eaten wet wood, alluring spice, cherry, savoury, long and strong 92
2014 Williams crossing - cherry acetone, sweet vanillan cherry, light bright. Strong effort 90
2013 Curly Flat Curly - whew, vanilla, savoury spice, dark earth, black cherry. This is a beaut. 92.5
2014 Curly Flat Curly - sour savoury spiced, cinnamon, cherry, light, bright, strong. 91.5
2014 Dry River Pinot - smoked meats, whew, light tannin, light mouthfeel, meaty herbal overtone, slight hot of medicinal flavour. Different, but good 91
2011 Dry River Pinot - bold, red cherry, bright, light, even, 90
2014 escarpment Martinborough Pinot -
2014 Escarpment Kiwa - stems and stalks
2014 Palliser Estate pencarrow - Martinborough - coffee beans, cherry, black olive, nice lines. Good stuff. 89
2014 Palliser Estate - dried cherry, herbal, bright and dry, good. 90
2016 Springvale Melrose - sweet cherry, spiced oak, vanilla, soft and light, nice balance, but a bit extracted 89
2015 Springvale Estate - better wine. Nice spiced cherry, dark, brooding, grippy tanning. Some wet wood in there. Decent 90
2009 Springvale Estate - whoa, here we go. Volume up. Dark cherry, picks up that barnyard goodness, then rolls a dark cherry. Feral, great 91
2013 Springvale Family Selection - dark deep cherry marzipan, Mulchy good. sweet cherry fruits, sweet herbs. Something good 91
2012 Henshcke Alan Adelaide Hills - cherry marzipan, sweet oak. Pretty, floral. 90
2013 Henshcke Giles - cherry charcoal oak, sweet fruit drying. Standard excellent winemaking by Henshcke. 91
2014 Shaw & Smith - dry and cherry, clean. Good winemaking, but lacks the sense of place. 90
2015 Bellbrae Longboard Pinot - cherry, bright and light. Smidge of whole bunch (30%). Nice wine. 90
2015 Bellbrae Estate Pinot - smokey dried vines,excellent.
2014 Austins & co - Burnt matchstick, red cherry, light bright good. 90
2015 6foot6 Pinot. - excellent cheaper Pinot. Good stuff 90
2012 Island custom collection - cinnamon, sweet spice beaut: cherry. good stuff 91
2012 Kyberd vineyard - huge savoury spice, dark cherry - gone
