Rockburn Eight Barrels Pinot Noir 2019, Gibbston Vineyard, Central Otago

A pure fruited bouquet of Pinot Noir with sweet scents of dark roses and dried raspberry, fresh red cherry and toasty barrel with smoke and dark spices. Very youthful, a tease of complexity and plenty of pinosity. On the palate - plush, fruity, toasty, varietal, dry and textured. Fruit flavours reflect the nose along with dark spices of barrel and a top line of rose. A mix of fruit and wood tannins layered against woody barrel toastiness and oak sweetness. Youthful and needs some cellar time, but also approachable today with excellent food (I’m thinking Duck Confit). Best drinking from 2022 through 2028+.

94 Points

Excellent