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| Windy Peak Pinot Noir New label looks good. |
13%, Screwcap, $14
Source: Sample
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The most important thing to consider with this wine is that pricetag. Simply put, I can't think of a Pinot Noir that tastes as much like an actual varietal Pinot and can be readily found for just over $11. Of course it's not a polished wine, nor is it particular dense or long. But, again, it's got real Pinot stylin'. Top vintage for this wine.
Ruby red in colour, with a ruby red cherry nose. All fruit on that nose really, Pinot fruit. A bag full of berries and a whiff of bark. A little volatility in there too. Simple cherry and briar palate is unashamedly light and fruity but still has enough pinosity to account for itself. Slightly spiky finish and a little skinny perhaps, the higher yielding fruit showing just a smidgen.
All this for $14 though? Best value Pinot in the land. Ignore the score, score the value. 16/87
2009/10 WCA Wine Journalism 'Young Gun; Wine Judge; Gourmet Traveller WINE and Breathe Hunter Valley magazine contributor; LattéLife & The Retiree columnist; National Liquor News tasting panellist and Chablis lover who fell into the liquor industry chiefly to buy cheap beer.
I so need to clarify. The best Pinot in the land comes from Hoddles Creek. This is the best under $15.
ReplyDeleteNa. There are loads better for even less. You're not trying hard enough.
ReplyDeleteHa. Thanks Anon. I'll keep trying don't you worry...
ReplyDeleteThat's The correct response!
ReplyDeleteAt $9 a bottle I had to buy a case - for when I run out of strawberry juice :)
ReplyDeleteBTW when you say Hoddle's Creek is the best in the land, I think you mean under $20.
I still think Adelaide Hills is most people's blind spot when it comes to pinot noir. You read it here first!