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Mark Noah wrote:"Yarra Yering Pinot Noir 1995 - a bit exciting for me to see an Australian Pinot hold on for so long with no sign of senility. Bucket loads of sweet plum and cherry fruit with some sappy/gamey notes in the nose, just lacks a touch of complexity on the palate. Otherwise, excellent! 90 points Drink now - 2010"
No mention of pepper, specifically cracked black pepper? This wine is a picture of complexity...... The rest of your note is spot on. It's just...... the pepper was very dominate or obvious. Anyway, it's nice to see someone else enjoying this PN out of a bordeaux bottle.......
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Mark Noah wrote:About three weeks ago. Had a friend over here to taste some wines. Nothing was really exciting. So I went into the cellar and pulled the '97 YY PN. I told him this would be the wine of the night. My buddy just laughed at me for 1: breaking out a PN from Aus. And 2: because the bottle looks "generic" and is in a bordeaux bottle.
He loved it.
So I pulled out a '95, '01, and an '05 to compare. I didn't take any notes so everything is off of memory. But there were several common denominators. Red cherry Fruit and cracked black pepper were the flavors; whereas great complexity and extremely full-bodied were the other common characteristics. Something else you didn't mention but probably is understood: The '95 had less than What I would think as typical oxidation for a PN at this age. The '97 had roughly the same oxidation whereas the '01 showed extremely little and none in the '05. Also, the '05 gave the most fruit and the '97 the most complexity.
A fun night that blurred somewhat at the end. Another convert to Yarra Yering.
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Mark Noah wrote:No mention of pepper, specifically cracked black pepper? This wine is a picture of complexity...... The rest of your note is spot on. It's just...... the pepper was very dominate or obvious. Anyway, it's nice to see someone else enjoying this PN out of a bordeaux bottle.......
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