St Hubert’s Pinot Noir 2012 (Yarra Valley, Vic)
Source:Tasting
www.sthuberts.com.au

I always feel rude handing out an average score to a wine that may well become great.

Yet the retort to that sentiment is also a simple one – great wines are nearly always great from their first inception. Or at least you can see hints of greatness. Little hints with this Pinot.

Sweet fruited and mono-dimensional, the light palate looking simple and barely-left-the-barrel oak forward. Why this was released now is beyond me – its a minimum of 12 months off any sort of drinkability, the fruit and oak simply too obvious and simple. It will get better, but otherwise a Pinot milkshake at present.

Drink: 2014-2018
Score: 15.5/20 85/100+
Would I buy it? Not yet.
Buy online: Cracka Wines, Dan Murphy’s