Akarua Pinot Noir 2003 Sunday, Feb 26 2006
Tasting Notes and New Zealand and Central Otago and Variety and Red and pinot noir
Red with the faintest purple. Pretty red fruits, earthy, generous and engaging. The palate shows juicy red cherries and some spice – it is big and generous, sweet fruit, forward, light and bright. Strangely, there is also a trace of something metallic, almost like gunsmoke, perhaps lending it to appear a little harsh. With time, the wine broadens and loosens, it’s a kind of “come-and-get-it” wine, but still an impressive effort.
Tasted : Feb06
Alcohol : 14.0%
Price : $50
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2006 - 2009
Source : Dinner Host
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February 26th, 2006 at 4:01 pm| Quote |
This is a really lovely wine. The 2002, if you ever get the chance to try it, was probably wine of the vintage for Central Otago. I think the winemaker has changed now, as has style.
Akarua are about two kilometers away from the other high-profile producers on Felton Road, but still in Bannockburn proper. Cornish Point and Bald Hills are the other two stars in this area.
February 27th, 2006 at 3:25 pm| Quote |
You should get it into the shop. This is NZ$40 - bargain at that price.
February 27th, 2006 at 5:39 pm| Quote |
I would if I could… sells out too quickly every year. Hence my two-year battle to get Cornish Point and (more recently) both Hinton and Bald Hills into Australia.
I’m not sure subsequent vintages are quite up to the same level as 2002 and 2003. Anyone…?
February 27th, 2006 at 9:02 pm| Quote |
Stew, Cornish Point is distributed by Red and White here in NSW. Isn’t it a sister winery of Felton Road? Who does Felton in QLD?
February 28th, 2006 at 9:55 am| Quote |
Hi Jules
Yep, same in Qld. What I meant was that I had been pushing R+W for a couple of years to import Cornish into Australia, and literally begged Nigel Greening (owner) to send a little to Australia instead of exporting all that they didn’t sell locally to the UK.
Cornish was actually the first vineyard Nigel planted (based upon the rootstock/clonal/soil mapping that Felton had pioneered) before he had the subsequent opportunity to buy Felton. When he then owned both he decided to keep them as distinct vineyards, although viticulture and winemaking is by the same teams, and the wine is made at Felton.