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Felton Road Block 3 Pinot Noir 2013
HED06270
75 cl
14%
£155.00
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Felton Road Block 3 Pinot Noir 2013 is a single-vineyard red wine from the biodynamic Central Otago producer Felton Road. This block is situated on deep, heavy soils that typically produce the estate`s most structured and earthy expression of Pinot Noir. The 2013 vintage was warm and settled, resulting in a wine with great depth of dark cherry fruit and complex notes of forest floor and dried herbs. Fermentation involved 20% whole clusters to provide additional grip and aromatic lift. Now with over 10 years of bottle age, the tannins have become wonderfully integrated, revealing a silken and expansive finish.
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(14% alcohol on the label): Dark, fresh red. Sexy aromas of raspberry and rose petal plus a touch of smoky minerality. Imploded, extract-rich wine with gripping flavors of crunchy berries and savory soil tones. Chewy, impeccably balanced Pinot Noir with terrific rising length and finesse. This should reward further aging. (Incidentally, Walter also opened a bottle of the 2012 Block 3, which offered sexy scents of red fruits and truffley underbrush and lovely sweetness to its lush flavors of strawberry and smoke. This wine from thick-skinned grapes and a cool summer has plenty of fat but is a bit burlier and seems more heavily extracted than the 2013 version. I rated it 93 points and recommend that it be consumed within the next four or five years.)Stephen Tanzer1st May 2016
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