Amayna Pinot Noir 2005 Wednesday, Nov 7 2007
Tasting Notes and Chile and Variety and Red and pinot noir
At an annual blind tasting of Pinot Noirs known as the Pinot Cup, this was my wine of choice alongside 11 others hand picked by those attending. It is of the lush style that is bursting with fresh, clean fruit flavours. It is quite ripe, even showing a little plum and I suspect it is better in the short term rather than long. The palate begins with soft red cherry flavours that seamlessly flow through dark cherries and on to the plum end of the Pinot flavour spectrum. Wendy and I were the only members of the group who earn our living making Pinot but for what it’s worth, the group preferred a more brooding style from Central Otago that I will review later.
Tasted : Nov07
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $60
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2007 - 2010
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November 7th, 2007 at 6:46 pm| Quote |
David,
There is so much good stuff coming out of South America. So many differing micro-climates, I find it really intriguing(and a little scary) to imagine what they will be revealing over the next decade or so. I’m pretty sure we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg so far.
GD
November 7th, 2007 at 8:44 pm| Quote |
It has been heading that way for some time. The viticultural practices needed a change and Pinot Noir in particular needed better clonal selection, vine age and especially lower yield. Kingston are doing all this as are a few others. I am not so keen on many other South American wines as they heighten things such as the classic Cab flavours. But if any winoramist visits they should look up these: Concha y Toro, Santa Carolina and Cousino Macul. It is also worth taking the bus trip from Santiago across the Andes to Mendoza to experinece some great Argentinian wines.
November 8th, 2007 at 3:36 pm| Quote |
David,
I was particularly impressed by the wines of Catena Zapata, and specifically the Catena Alta Malbec. I’d like to see some more stuff from Patagonia too, nice and cold down there, might find some good pinot in the future..?
GD
November 8th, 2007 at 6:22 pm| Quote |
Mmmmm, Malbec is a relative of Cabernet. ooking at some of the Pinots I have tried from near where this one is grown I reckon their future is good accept for climate warming. I suspect the risk of frost makes Patagonia rather tricky. Nothing when we went thru on our lakes trip to Barrilloche. Did you get to Mendoza and if so did you try the beer? Great stuff and in litre bottles.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:46 pm| Quote |
No, I havn’t been to Sth America. I tried the Catena Alta in Moscow, where a litre bottle of beer is roughly equal in cost to the GDP of a small African nation.