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Devil’s Corner 2009 Tasmania Pinot Noir

June 17, 2011
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Tasmania may be part of Australian – a state, in fact – but its cool temperate climate and relatively remote location set it apart somewhat. Most of it comprises the actual island of Tasmania: the V-shaped mass of land to the South of Victoria. (The 26th largest island in the world, fact fans.) I suppose it makes [...]

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Terravin Pinot Noir 2008 from Pure Noir

May 23, 2011
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Terravin hails from the world-renowned region of Marlborough, where from what we see on supermarket shelves nowadays you only need to shake a stick or swing a cat to rustle a bunch of Pinot Noir grapes. Their distinctive logo establishes a wholesome feeling of family and tradition: generations walking hand in hand among the vines [...]

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2008 Te Hera Martinborough Pinot Noir from Pure Noir

May 20, 2011
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Martinborough is in the Wellington region of New Zealand‘s North Island - not to be confused with Marlborough, New Zealand’s biggest Pinot-producing region just across what I think is called the Cook Strait to the south. Te Hera is a typically kiwi, quality-driven, environmentally-aware vineyard and winery, the bulk of whose growth by far is made up of the [...]

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2007 Hinton Estate Central Otago Pinot Noir from Pure Noir

May 17, 2011
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It’s about time I tried a New Zealand Pinot Noir that really argued the case for this relatively young wine-producing nation’s ownership of the grape. Obviously nobody French will ever concede defeat on anything wine-related, and I’ve little doubt there are £100+ bottles of Burgundy in existance that are delicious beyond my wildest dreams, but [...]

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Pure Noir – the UK’s Only New Zealand Pinot Noir Wine Club: 20% Off Your first Order

May 16, 2011
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It’s a Pinot Noir lover’s dream come true. Pure Noir is a specialist wine club bringing UK wine-lovers the best-of-the-best of New Zealand Pinot Noir – therefore, some of the best Pinot Noir in the world, and, by extension, some of the best wine in the world. In fact, they’re “the UK’s only wine club [...]

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Villa Wolf Pinot Noir, from Vineyards of Sherborne

April 18, 2011
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It’s Pinot Noir, it’s German, and – for some reason – it’s not called Blauburgunder or Spätburgunder as I’ve been lead to expect. Is this a nod to the world market – the label is so simple one could hardly believe it German, regardless of the words – or merely an indication of a geographical proximity [...]

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Joseph Drouhin Rouge Rully Burgundy

April 13, 2011
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‘Rully‘ is a nice memorable name, and therefore – I presumed – a good place to start in exploring Burgundy, and its wines, remotely. That’s right, far from being a rough northern town in England, which it (arguably) sounds like, Rully is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department of the greater Burgundy area, and for [...]

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Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits 2009

February 16, 2011
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My ramble through the world of Pinot Noir continues with this French bottle. It has increased my knowledge of the grape, but left lingering questions coupled with a thirst for more. Not a bad combination – after all, life would be pretty boring if we knew all the answers right away. You wouldn’t get the [...]

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Spy Valley Pinot Noir 2008

December 23, 2010
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Some time ago I went to a wine and food pairing event at a Vietnamese restaurant in Battersea, South London. Red wine is not usually the first thing that pops to mind when thinking of your drinking choices to go along with Vietnamese cuisine. The old standbys of Riesling or perhaps a Pinot Grigio are more [...]

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Schroeder Estate Patagonian Pinot Noir 2009

December 13, 2010
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Think of Patagonia and killer whales, vast snow-capped mountain ranges and an endless expanse of pampas spring to mind – invariably not wine. One of the last true wildernesses in the world and with a very good reason – it’s a pretty inhospitable place to live, mainly because of its extreme climate. In fact its [...]

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Marks & Spencer Bourgogne 2007 Pinot Noir

November 14, 2010
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Pinot Noir 2007 Bourgogne Marks & Spencer Mixed Case £45 Natural Cork 13.5% I opened the bottle in advance to let it breathe before the evening’s wine tasting. It needs to be held in the glass to let the flavours develop. The recognisable flavours were of wild raspberry and plums with mellow spicy tones and [...]

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