2008 Te Muna Road Pinot Noir
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Glossy ruby. Rather closed on the palate, and a little more dilute than most vintages. Coffee character, fresh red fruit, but not so driven and expansive as the 2007, for instance. (RH)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Sweet, transparent and very lively and flirtatious. Lovely balance. Really a standout. Long. Some violets. Great zest but not green. (JR)
Medium red. Ripe, smoky aromas and flavors of strawberry, dark cherry and rooty earth. Velvety, broad and supple; silky and plump but with a light touch. Not as fruity or complex as the 2007 bottling but nicely perfumed and spicy in the mouth and aromatic on the back end. Finishes with a light dusting of tannins.
Winemaker Adrian Baker. Grapes are handpicked and destemmed before fermentation with indigenous yeasts and hand pigeage in open-top oak tanks. The wine is then drained by gravity into barrels where Malolactic fermentation takes place before being left to mature for 14 months . Bright crimson. Dense and serious and with some savoury character. Much more layered than most. Pretty well done for the price. (JR)