Vinoculation

“Recommend a Pinot I haven’t tried to fill out a sixpack”

“have you tried the Escaprment’s?  The Te Rehua is the most elegant of them”

“OK, throw it in.”

And so the conversation went at my regular retail outlet herein Brisbane.  What a fascinating wine it turned out to be.

Pop the diam out of the bottle and it opens silky and perfumed and lifted and lovey. I’m really looking forward to this. Its perfumed, spicy, shows some stalk, and it shows lovely balance in the elegant, red fruit end of the pinot spectrum.

Pour a second glass. Hey, this has gone all bitter and astringent! Truly horrible!  So the bottle goes into quarantine.

A few hours later this is different again, and much more pleasant. Its full and dense and powerful the way good pinot can be.  It never becomes heavy, it is a basket of lightly spiced forest berries, lightly touched by wood.  I like the apparent philosophy underneath this. Structurally this is perhaps a touch Chambolle like with its delicate but coiled fruit power, and its spread across the palate.  Tannins are moderate at best. I like this very much to drink in the next year or two.

Cheers

Andrew