Sunday, May 10, 2015

Saint Clair Family Estate Vicar's Choice Pinot Noir 2007

Variety: Pinot Noir
Country of origin: New Zealand
Wine appellation: Marlborough
Vintage: 2007
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color: lighter garnet red, slightly opaque tones
Bouquet: quite delicate, canned red currant and cherries, forest strawberries, hint of coffee and earth, damp leaves on the ground, leather
Taste: medium body, similar to nose quite gentle profile, forest strawberries, hint of earth and canned berries profile, good spiciness and still pleasant acidity, slightly flatter in the mid palate but nicely longer in the finish
Overall score: 4+8+11+7+7=87
Price: CZK 200 on sale,  regular CZK 532
Stopper: screw cap
Very good PN at the top of the bottle maturity. Fruit already nicely transformed in the canned form with tertiary tones of damp earth and leather arising. The nose is amazing, the taste slightly lags in the complexity and especially in the mid profile, but very nicely drinkable PN for very good price on sale.










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