Felton Road, Bannockburn Pinot Noir Size:6x750ml

Felton Road, Bannockburn Pinot Noir Size:6x750mlNormal year. Vibrant garnet. Sweet, rather jewelly nose the Pinot most like a typical Central Otago Pinot so far to me (though this is probably not the intention at Felton Road). Not that long. Quite a bit of tannin and dryness now, but perhaps this is the minerality aimed for? Not the most generous fleshy wine at the moment. Wait?

This very good if youthfully austere effort will definitely require at least some cellaring first

This is starting to lose its freshness so that there is some slightly sugary fruit and a little astringency but it is (just) hanging on in there

dark cherry and pretty spice wisps

fading cherry and floral flavors matched to a moderately firm structure

delicious and relatively forward flavors that possess a succulent mouthfeel where the richness is offset by an agreeably dry and persistent saline-inflected finish

a fine mousse and a long

intense and beguilingly delicious medium weight flavors that culminate in a mineral-driven

floral and spice

restrained and highly vibrant medium-bodied flavors where the transparency is something to see as this is positively crystalline

It delivers dark fruit nuances over a mid-weight and compact mouthfeel

with its ripe plummy

gently tannic and floral-driven finish