Pegasus Bay 2007 Aged Release Riesling and Pinot Noir

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• Pegasus Bay ‘Aged Release’ Waipara Valley Riesling 2007
  Riesling from New Zealand - Canterbury & Waipara

  Review Date : 11-Jul-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, even, light golden-yellow colour with lemon-green hues, paler edged. The bouquet is very tightly bound with concentrated aromas of limes, exotic yellow florals, toast and nuances of honey and a subtle layering of kerosene adding to the complexity. This is still taut and has more to unfold and develop. Medium-dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has a crisp and taut, finely concentrated core and line of lime fruit entwined with exotic yellow florals, toast and kerosene elements. The flavours unfold in layers, showing secondary complexities, blossoming to fill the mouth. The palate is vibrant and lively with refreshing acidity, providing drive and linearity, the flavours carrying to a long and sustained finish of exotic florals and citrus fruits, and toast, with a touch of grip. This is a taut, concentrated medium-dry Riesling with complex secondary flavours of exotic florals, toast, citrus fruits and a touch of kerosene on a bright palate finishing dry. A wine to serve as an aperitif, or just enjoy marvelling at the complex development over the next 3-4 years. Waipara estate fruit cool-fermented to 12.5% alc. and 29 g/L RS and TA 7.3 g/L. 19.0+/20 Jul 2017 RRP $40.00
• Pegasus Bay ‘Aged Release’ Waipara Valley Pinot Noir 2007
  Pinot Noir from New Zealand - Canterbury & Waipara

  Review Date : 11-Jul-2017

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Dark, deep red colour, a little lighter on the rim with a little bricking. The bouquet is softly full and voluminous with deeply concentrated aromas of savoury dark-red berry fruit harmoniously layered with subtle secondary development notes of dried herbs, undergrowth, a little earth, with suggestions of game, unfolding lifted red floral nuances. The aromatics build in intensity with aeration. Medium-full bodied has rich and luscious fruit flavours of savoury dark-red berry fruits, dried herbs undergrowth, game and slightly resinous oak suggestions, The flavours form a well-concentrated core, but unfold to fill the mouth to provide plenty od presence. The palate in enlivened by crisp acidity and is framed by a fine-grainy-textured structure under the fruit richness. The wine carries to a strong, fulsome finish of savoury secondary flavours. This is a fulsome, rich-fruited Pinot Noir with complex secondary flavours of savoury red fruits, undergrowth and dried herbs on a well concentrated, but lively palate. Match with coq au vin and casseroles over the next 4-5 years. Waipara estate fruit indigenous yeast fermented with 10% whole bunches to 14.0% alc., the wine spending 3-4 weeks on skins, and aged 18 months in 14% new French oak. 19.0/20 Jul 2017 RRP $65.00