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    Taylors Estate

    Pinot Noir 2016

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    Layered flavours of red cherry, spice and plum are superbly balanced with French oak, giving length to the finish.
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    Honours and awards

    • Wine Show
    • Award
    • The Asian Pinot Noir Masters 2017
    • Gold
    • World Wine Championships Awards BTI 2017
    • Silver
    • Royal Melbourne Wine Awards 2016
    • Bronze
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    Wine details
    VITAL STATISTICS

    Wine details

    • At release, the wine is a light to medium garnet with a bright and vibrant clarity.

      At release, the wine is a light to medium garnet with a bright and vibrant clarity.

      The wine is medium-bodied with flavours of ripe cherry along with subtle savoury characters. The palate has a sublimely soft and silky structure with varietal strawberry caressing the long and gentle finish. Subtle oak characters of cinnamon and cedar add to the overall complexity of this fruit-driven wine.

    • The fruit for this wine was sourced from our Adelaide Hills grower partners. The grapes were harvested at night and immediately transported to our winery. Once received, the grapes were quickly de-stemmed and chilled to 4°C. The juice was cold soaked for 3 days to maximise varietal fruit and mouth-feel. This was followed by fermentation in stainless steel using specialist yeast for Pinot Noir. The wine was then gently pressed using a pneumatic bag press, transferred to tanks and allowed to settle before secondary malolactic fermentation. Post malo-lactic fermentation, the wine was filled to a combination of 1 and 2 year old French oak hogshead barrels for maturation prior to fining, filtering and bottling in August 2016.

    • Adelaide Hills

      • Acid: 5.44
      • Alc %: 14.0
      • PH: 3.60
      • Residual Sugar: 0.48

    • This wine can be enjoyed upon release but will reward careful cellaring up to and possibly beyond 2020.

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    EXPERT APPRAISALS

    Reviews

    • Vic Harradine, April 8 2017 Newsletter

      17 Apr. 2019
      4.5 stars
      Lifted aromas of red berry fruit, cherry and savory herb set the table for a smorgasbord of palate-coating flavour. Racy passion fruit and tangy red currant interweave with juicy black cherry and ripe raspberry berry notes providing a yin and yang / sweet and tang experience that
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    • Nick Stock, Take Note: Real Australian Wine Is Here

      17 Jul. 2019
      90/100
      The aromas of strawberries, tea and incense are fun. Full body and firm. Chewy tannins. Linear and focused yet edgy, real and spicy. A strong, solid pinot that will be better in 2019.
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    • David Lawrason,

      17 Jul. 2019
      87/100
      Sourced from the cooler Adelaide Hills, this pinot has a very lifted cranberry, very minty and floral nose with background oak spice and toast. It is smooth, hottish and a touch cough syrupy on the palate, but not too sweet actually. Tannins are quite soft, the length is very good. Chill a bit.
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    • Michael Godel,

      17 Jul. 2019
      87/100
      A nicely ripe and tart pinot noir that very much celebrates house and place with richness and fine if a bit less than ample tannins. No matter because this presents and should be listened to for its quick turn around and early drinking offer. Drink 2017-2018
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    • Michael Vaughan,

      17 Jul. 2019
      GOOD
      Fairly deep purple colour. Spicy, very slightly raisiny, plum-apple nose. Dry, medium-light bodied, tangy, slightly spicy, plum-cherry-apple flavours with a lingering, crisp, unoaked finish.
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    • Vic Harradine,

      17 Jul. 2019
      4.5 stars
      Lifted aromas of red berry fruit, cherry and savory herb set the table for a smorgasbord of palatecoating flavour. Racy passion fruit and tangy red currant interweave with juicy black cherry and ripe raspberry berry notes providing a yin and yang / sweet and tang experience that
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    • Nick Stock, WHY AUSTRALIAN WINE IS SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING IN THE WORLD

      18 Jul. 2019
      90 Points
      The aromas of strawberries, tea and incense are fun. Full body and firm. Chewy tannins. Linear and focused yet edgy, real and spicy. A strong, solid pinot that will be better in 2019. Screw cap
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