Date: 27 August, 2011
What: 2009 Bes'ts Great Western Pinot Noir, Great Western, Victoria
Purchased: Dan's (I think), low $20's
Food: duck breast
Comments: it's a really robust, almost aggressive pinot this one - in the right way. Barry Hall on a good day. Anyone who is a francophile, Burgundy/old world-is-the-only-pinot wanker type will hate this! I had a French (Alsace, not Burgundy) pinot at a restaurant last weekend and this couldn't be a bigger contrast. Big, full mouthfeel - announces itself early doors. Nice touch of earth/dirty pinot thing on the nose initially which firmly says "pinot" but then the mouth is bouncy and a bit chunky rather compared to Frenchy light and ephemeral. Distance is not the only thing that separates it from Mornington Peninsula. None of that cherry/red fruits bizzo - real earthy, dark fruits pinot. Interesting to consider on the pinot spectrum - not often you get a pinot that in the mouth might give you pause to think it was something other than a pinot.
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