2015 Seven Flags Pinot Noir
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Pungent smoky notes with rubbery character that seems very Cape and not so Pinot. Milk-chocolate finish. (RH)
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Neal Martin
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2015 Seven Flags Pinot Noir is completely de-stemmed with no crushing, matured in barrel on the fine lees for 11 months. It has an elegant and what you might call "transparent" bouquet with perfumed red cherries, crushed strawberry and rose petal scents. The oak here is neatly integrated (20% new). The palate offers crunchy red berry fruit on the entry: cranberry and pomegranate laced with spice, nicely structured on the second half with a saline finish that lingers long in the mouth. This is excellent.
The 2015 Seven Flags Pinot Noir is completely de-stemmed with no crushing, matured in barrel on the fine lees for 11 months. It has an elegant and what you might call "transparent" bouquet with perfumed red cherries, crushed strawberry and rose petal scents. The oak here is neatly integrated (20% new). The palate offers crunchy red berry fruit on the entry: cranberry and pomegranate laced with spice, nicely structured on the second half with a saline finish that lingers long in the mouth. This is excellent.