Domain Road 2011 Whites & 2009 Pinot Noir

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• Domain Road Central Otago Pinot Gris 2011
  Pinot Gris from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 06-Jun-2012

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, pale straw-yellow colour, pale on edge. This has a fresh and attractively aromatic nose of white stonefruits and pears with subtle notes of honey, spices and flint forming a rich and inviting amalgam. Off-dry, this is an elegantly presented wine with good depth and drive of stonefruit, pear and minerally fruit flavours. There is a gentle lusciousness which is balanced by excellent acidity and the wine has a fine textural mouthfeel. The finish is long and sustained with bright floral and honey notes, carried a little by the residual sugar. This gently lush, and fine-featured Pinot Gris is extremely well-balanced to match fine Asian cuisine over the next 4-5 years. Pinot Gris fruit from a Cromwell/Pisa sited vineyard, WBP and fermented in stainless-steel to 13.5% alc. and 11.3 g/L rs. 18.5-/20 Jun 2012 RRP $27.00
• Domain Road Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009
  Pinot Noir from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 06-Jun-2012

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Moderately deep, dark ruby-red colour, lighter on rim. The bouquet is softly intense and deeply concentrated with aromas of ripe black berry fruits and dark plums along with savoury raspberry notes, revealing nuances of thyme herb and earthy complexities. Medium-full bodied, this is a little restrained in fruit exuberance, but has density and presence, showing flavours of ripe black berries and plum fruits that grow in richness and juiciness. Soft and rounded in mouthfeel, the tannins are supple and acidity sits in the background supporting the fruitiness. The wine finishes on bright, lightly oak spiced fruit. This is a soft, plummy, but fresh Pinot Noir with the richness and depth to match Middle Eastern fare over the next 5-6+ years. Pinot Noir from the ‘Domain Road' vineyard, Bannockburn, hand-picked and destemmed, 75% wild yeast fermented to 14.0% alc., the wine aged10 months in 36% new French oak barriques. 18.0+/20 Jun 2012 RRP $45.00