Date: 15 July, 2011
What: 2010 William Downie Pinot Noir, Gippsland, Victoria
Purchased: City Wine Shop, around $65
Food: home made pizza
Comments: so, really tough one to review. Initial thoughts - closed, green/stemmy. Not my bag really! Quite a nice colour - vibrant light red. Just felt hard to get into. Nice mouth feel with fine tannins. As it opens up, start to get a bit of rasberry on the nose and replace the green taste with some forest fruits and maybe plum as well as becoming a bit chewy. I suggested it was a bit esoteric, but Ness responded that I was a bit of a wanker. So I will settle on complex (the wine, that is). I have kept some for tomorrow to see if it opens further. The winemaker has a reputation as one of the young guns of pinot and is a real pinot specialist. I am clearly not at that level yet! Have got one of the stablemates lying down and will be interested to follow; time could be the key here. For both me and the booze.
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