Cloudy Bay - Te Wahi Pinot Noir 2014 (750ml)
Price: $92.99
| Producer | Cloudy Bay |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Central Otago |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Size | 750ml |
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96 points Bob Campbell
Dense and flavoursome pinot noir with succulent dark cherry, violet, dark-fleshed plum and a strong influence of nutty oak supported by a backbone of ripe tannins that leave a drying finish. An initial velvet texture with a peppery finish. Good drinking now but will certainly develop with bottle age. [Inner quote mark]
92 points Wine Spectator
The tannins are velvety, firm and dense, lending intensity to the fresh earth, white pepper, bright cherry and raspberry flavors at the core. Earl Grey tea and licorice notes linger on the finish. Drink now through 2026. [Inner quote mark] (10/2016)
Vinous
(made with 20% whole clusters): Dark, bright color. Distinctly blacker in fruit character on the nose than the Marlborough example, conveying an impression of power to its medicinal aromas of black cherry, blackberry, bitter chocolate, licorice and crushed black pepper. A step up in weight, breadth and palate presence too, but taut and tight, conveying a youthfully medicinal quality to its very primary dark fruit, licorice and wild herb flavors. This firmly structured, clenched wine needs time in bottle to loosen up and develop more nuance. This Central Otago Pinot struck me as rather heavily extracted, and the 2013 version was too tannic for me. But Sorrell noted that the number of punchdowns was reduced from two to four in 2014 to just one or two in 2015, and a barrel sample of the new vintage indicated a clearly more pliant wine. (ST) [Inner quote mark] (5/2016)
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