Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. Pinot noir. 13.5%. Diam. Approx $A50There's a growing trend to release red wines earlier and earlier. Presumably it helps with cash flow and reduces inventories, but it also means the inpatient and curious drinker, like me, will drink the wines a few years ahead of their prime.
As you would expect from a young wine, it evolves and improves with air and time. It seems quite similar to the 2006, but perhaps it is marginally more spiced and zippy. Rose petal and perfume, the prettiness is marred by the sappiness and earth, which seems unsettled and prematurely disturbed. Rosewood and stems, and a suggestion of flint and reduction. Rounded and fleshy in the mouth, it seems too zippy and rushed to begin. . . the pace does settles, but in shape, this remains a bit of a tadpole wine. 90. 2012 - 2015
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