Ninth Island Pinot Noir 2007
Good wine this and probably the best Ninth Island I can remember tasting - it has personality and vigour. Intriguing and challenging with dark cherry, raspberry, spice, Irish Moss (if you remember either the lozenge or the syrup) and a little smoke. On the palate firm and muscular with quite chunky grippy tannins and some tangy acid. It has savoury flavours of peat, undergrowth, black cherry and dried herbs. It’s complex and engaging - an earthy wine with an abundance of personality that finishes with bright acid and decent length of flavour. A winner at this price point. 91 Points Gary Walsh, Winorama
Ninth Island fruit is drawn mainly from Pipers Brook Vineyard's estates in Northern Tasmania with the dominant contribution coming from the warmer Tamar Valley region. The Tasmanian fruit is processed at it's own Winery and bottled in Tasmania. The aim of the label is to highlight Tasmanian regional flavours in wines that drink well when young and in some cases will age gracefully.
Produced from grapes grown on the company's Tamar and Pipers Brook vineyards. The vines are leaf-plucked to expose the bunches at an early age, thereby increasing colour and varietal fruit character. The wine is given light oak treatment to keep the emphasis on the fruit. James Halliday
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