Been a while since I’ve tasted a Coldstream Hills ‘regular’ pinot noir. Or it feels as though it is. Reminds me that I have some previous vintages tucked away in the cellar … a disclosure that should be more common in the wine media, I reckon. I digress.
I drank a couple of glasses of this last night, and I’m tasting it here in the office today. It was stalky and bitter last night, a little too much so, and I’d assess it similarly today. It’s going to need a couple of years in the cellar to start showing its best. It otherwise tastes of sour cherries, musk, spice and rhubarb tart. It’s firmly structured and it finishes long. I wouldn’t reach for a bottle to drink now - it doesn’t offer a lot of fun - but given time to mature, it should shine. Drink : 2011 - 2015 91+ points Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
