Pretty good Pinot from Grasshopper. Good light and dark fruits; blackberries, dark cherries, cherries and strawberry preserves with some nice light earthiness and understated spice. The woman in the photo at the Clyde Food and Wine Festival made some great cheeseboards, fruit holders and tea light candle holders out of old use oak barrels. @ The Clyde Food & Wine Festival...Central Otago
Pretty good Pinot from Grasshopper. Good light and dark fruits; blackberries, dark cherries, cherries and strawberry preserves with some nice light earthiness and understated spice. The woman in the photo at the Clyde Food and Wine Festival made some great cheeseboards, fruit holders and tea light candle holders out of old use oak barrels. @ The Clyde Food & Wine Festival...Central Otago
Apr 16th, 2017
Best p/q NZ pinot I have ever tasted. Very perfumed nose - sour cherry, red fruit, and barnyard. Good balance on the palate - sweet entry with sour cherry and mineral spice. Fine tannins, good grip. Very pure and with subtle power. VGV
Best p/q NZ pinot I have ever tasted. Very perfumed nose - sour cherry, red fruit, and barnyard. Good balance on the palate - sweet entry with sour cherry and mineral spice. Fine tannins, good grip. Very pure and with subtle power. VGV
Nov 17th, 2018
I had hopes for this as a single vineyard bottling from a producer whose regular mark has impressed in the past. Unfortunate I found it to be rather lean and angular, the type of ‘difficult’ wine that critics like to endorse but sadly lacking any sex appeal, especially when compared to some of the other Otagos I’ve been enjoying lately. At $45 at the LCBO, I was hoping for a bit more pleasure. Intellectually appealing, just not moreish, which is really all I ask from a wine.
I had hopes for this as a single vineyard bottling from a producer whose regular mark has impressed in the past. Unfortunate I found it to be rather lean and angular, the type of ‘difficult’ wine that critics like to endorse but sadly lacking any sex appeal, especially when compared to some of the other Otagos I’ve been enjoying lately. At $45 at the LCBO, I was hoping for a bit more pleasure. Intellectually appealing, just not moreish, which is really all I ask from a wine.
Aug 4th, 2018
Central Otago, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
