Stewart Town ‘The Bounder’ Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2017

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• Stewart Town ‘The Bounder’ Bannockburn Central Otago Pinot Noir 2017
  Pinot Noir from New Zealand - Otago

  Review Date : 29-Oct-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Dark, deep, ruby-red colour with a little garnet, lighter on the rim. The nose is full and voluminous with deep aromas showing a complex layering of savoury dark-red berry fruits with dark and dried herbs, brown spice notes and earth and some whole bunch stalk elements. This is bold, robust, rich and has plenty of interest. Medium-full bodied, the palate is sweet-fruited with rich favours of savoury dark-red berry fruits entwined with dark and dried herbs, earth and brown spices, and complexing whole bunch stalk elements. The fruit forms a solid and dense core and is supported by plenty of fine-grained supple tannin extraction lending mouthfeel and body. This has good power and drive, with a fine thread of acidity providing energy. The wine carries to a rich, fulsome, complex finish. This is a complex-layered, rich and fulsome Pinot Noir with ripe, savoury dark-red fruit, dried and dark herbs, spices and earth on a palate with plenty of structure and drive. Match with slow-cooked game meat and casseroles over the next 6-8 years. Pinot Noir fruit from the ‘Stewart Town’ vineyard, fermented with 33% whole bunches to 14.0% alc., the wine spending 30 days on skins and aged 11.5 months in 33% new French oak. 19.0-/20 Oct 2018 RRP$55.00