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| PINOT NOIR 2016 WO Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Walker Bay |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
HAMILTON RUSSELL |
| Medium deep purple red colour. Intense, complex, gently smoky, somewhat spicy, very attractive, ripe red and black cherry puree nose. Dry, medium-full bodied, quite well structured, solid, very slightly spicy, ripe plum, red and black cherry puree flavours with a lingering, gently smoky, somewhat cedary, faintly mocha-chocolate-tinged, high acid finish. Well structured and intense and yet very elegant and harmonious with fine length. This REPEAT has 14% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar. It is even showing better that recommended 2015 (***) with 93-points last released on October 1, 2016 at $57.95! |
CSPC |
999516 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tri Alt |
| Country |
South Africa |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***/***+(95 points)
Very Attractive, Ripe, Intense, Solid |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Inviting bright red. Complex, musky, woodsy scents of dark cherry, raspberry, licorice, flowers, herbs and spicy underbrush; this has the soil complexity and light touch of a top Burgundy. Wonderfully brisk, dry, mineraldriven flavors of dark fruits, spices and herbs. Still a bit youthfully austere, saline and dominated by its acid/tannin structure but even today there's nothing out of place and the wine's seamless texture is utterly refined. Needs time in bottle to blossom, but I suspect this savory, tight-grained Pinot will last a long time. Boasts rare energy and subtle grip for South African Pinot Noir. Turned much more salty with 48 hours in the recorked bottle without losing its verve. Drinking window: 2019-2026. Score - 93 (Stephen Tanzer, vinous.com, May 2017) |
Price |
$ 57.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 14, 2017 |
| Cases bought |
124 (6 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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