De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2006 Wednesday, May 14 2008
Tasting Notes and Australia and Yarra Valley and Variety and Red and pinot noir
Well I reviewed this nearly a year ago and gave it an 89+, tasted a second bottle a few months ago and thought it much better, and this third bottle I thought better again. Good old plus sign eh. Get out of gaol free. I tasted this alongside the 2006 Reserve Pinot, and while the Reserve has greater intensity and focus, there’s certainly not a huge gulf between their relative stations. I’d also add that I poured off a glass out of each bottle and left them in the fridge until the next day. They looked all the better for it too.
A mix of rich cherry, spice, Autumn leaves and toasty caramel oak lead on to a medium to full bodied palate with plenty of flavour that’s full of ripe cherry and plum, earth and spice - sweet and savoury at once. It has bright clean acidity and fine grained textured tannins providing firm structure. Excellent length of flavour finishing spicy and dry. Still needs more time.
Other vintages : 2006, 2006, 2005, 2004
Rated : 93+ Points
Tasted : May08
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $38
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2009 - 2015
Source : Winery Sample
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2 Responses to “De Bortoli Yarra Valley Estate Pinot Noir 2006”
May 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am
A bargain at 1st Estate recently - $24 6 pack price. I can’t imagine much better Pinot value at that price.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
“there’s certainly not a huge gulf between their relative stations”
hahahahaha