Date: 8 July, 2011
What: 2006 Craiglee Pinot Noir, Sunbury, Victoria
Purchased: cellar door, around $30 (purchased a couple of years ago: I recall tasting and it really grabbing me)
Food: deli food (chorizo, ham, cheeses, dips)
Comments: quite a light colour with some browns that you associate with ageing. Had decanted. First mouthful a bit flat, but that was atypical and have enjoyed this one. Earthiness on bouquet - that classic "pinot stink" as my mate H likes to call it. Lightness continues in the mouth but breaks out with a real savouriness. Some background cherry fruits (and is there a touch of vanilla perhaps??) but this is all about the savoury side of pinot. Finishes with good length. Enjoying contemplating where this sits between say Mornington Peninsula and Central Otago; you can see the neighbourly links to Curly Flat down the road but less fruit driven. Might have to do a side by side at some point.
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