Here is further evidence that producers Down Under are getting their heads around Pinot Noir, and some of the wines coming out of Mornington Peninsula these days are very encouraging indeed. Vine maturity perhaps helps, as does a greater understanding not just of how to get the best of out Pinot Noir as a grape, but also the subtleties of terroir.
Ocean Eight Pinot Noir is a wine that is starting to raise a few eyebrows. It is certainly a high quality wine, without the candied quality that characterises many New World Pinot Noirs. It is a savoury and serious wine with complex aromatics, even in its relative youth.
With a spine of tannin and well balanced acidity, this well crafted Pinot Noir should be capable of ageing for several years at least, perhaps longer.
2009 PINOT NOIR
Producer: Ocean Eight
Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2009
Region: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
ABV: 13.5%
Price: $36.99
Closure: Diam
Format: 750ml
Date tasted: 4 February 2012
Tasting Note:
Bright cherry red. Fragrant nose of cherries, slightly stalky/peppery quality, floral notes (lavender, rose). Very complex and attractive. Dry, medium bodied, refined and elegant, although the palate is ripe, there is no sense of candied or confected fruit; the overall impression is savoury, albeit not as complex (thus far) as the bouquet. There’s good acidity and some tannic structure as well.
Score: 17.5/20
Ocean Eight Pinot Noir is a wine that is starting to raise a few eyebrows. It is certainly a high quality wine, without the candied quality that characterises many New World Pinot Noirs. It is a savoury and serious wine with complex aromatics, even in its relative youth.
With a spine of tannin and well balanced acidity, this well crafted Pinot Noir should be capable of ageing for several years at least, perhaps longer.
2009 PINOT NOIRProducer: Ocean Eight
Variety: Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2009
Region: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
ABV: 13.5%
Price: $36.99
Closure: Diam
Format: 750ml
Date tasted: 4 February 2012
Tasting Note:
Bright cherry red. Fragrant nose of cherries, slightly stalky/peppery quality, floral notes (lavender, rose). Very complex and attractive. Dry, medium bodied, refined and elegant, although the palate is ripe, there is no sense of candied or confected fruit; the overall impression is savoury, albeit not as complex (thus far) as the bouquet. There’s good acidity and some tannic structure as well.
Score: 17.5/20
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