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2010 Amisfield Pinot Noir Central Otago

SKU #1159795 93 points Bob Campbell

Dense, rich Pinot Noir with impressive weight and mouth feel. Silken smooth, almost unctuous red with plum, licorice and spice flavours. Big, powerful wine that's generous and very serious. A fruit driven style but solidly structured to prevent any suggestion of overt sweetness. Classy wine.

93 points James Suckling

A pinot that is full of character, with deeply ripe boysenberry, raspberry, cassis and wild, sappy, herbal notes, the oak adding spice in just the right proportion. On the palate there's a handy balance of tannin push and fruit flesh, allowing the wine to climb nicely and releases through the finish right on cue. Drink now. (10/2014)

90 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

90+ points. Medium to deep ruby-colored, the 2010 Pinot Noir displays a slight reduction on the nose to begin before giving way with aerating to notes of black cherries, black raspberries and mulberries, plus hints of tar, coffee and anise. Medium to full-bodied and more elegant in the mouth than the nose suggests, it offers a fine array of red and blackberry flavors with a good backbone of medium level, grainy tannins, lively acid, and a long finish with a pleasant herbal lift. Drink it now to 2017+. (LPB) (10/2013)

Wine Spectator

A bolder, more expressive style, with ripe dark berry flavors highlighted by a bright acidity, giving this a sleek profile. Veers pleasantly into details of forest floor, black truffle and cigar box. Drink now through 2019. (6/2012)

K&L Notes

Amisfield Estate is a very highly regarded producer in Central Otago and was in fact recently chosen to host Prince William and Duchess Kate on their Royal visit to New Zealand. However, you don't need a regal budget to enjoy this incredible wine; our importer direct purchase has allowed us to offer this classy Pinot at an exceptionally good price. This is a classic powerful, complex Central Otago Pinot offering up plenty of plush, rich, dark fruit, toasted spices and some lovely forest floor and earthy nuances. This wine is also from the renouned 2010 vintage that produced some of the best wines in years.

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2010 Amisfield Pinot Noir Central Otago

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By: Jim Chanteloup | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 4/22/2014 | Send Email

The Amisfield Pinot shows the more powerful, masculine side to Pinot Noir. The bouquet offers smoky black cherry, clove, Earl Grey tea, flat cola, forest floor, dried orange peel and some meaty notes. On the palate there are silky tannins with good balance and fine length.

By: Kyle Kurani | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 4/21/2014 | Send Email

I was very much taken in by this stunning Pinot. Our New Zealand buyer fortunately left this open in the bar for me to try. You get all of the density and power one would expect from Central Otago, wild cherry, cassis, and a rich texture. However it also shows a graceful balance with lifted notes of raspberry and a hint of earth. Great length on the back end, effortless even. I was so happy to find out it was only going to be less than $30!

By: Ryan Woodhouse | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: 4/21/2014 | Send Email

Big, brooding, concentrated Pinot with layers of smokey dark fruit, toasted spices, forest floor and truffle Porcini mushrooms. I love how this wine has tons of richness and fruit but still retains some savory elements to it that Pinot lovers (like myself) are captivated by. This wine is really showing well right now but I have no doubt it will continue to show well for a few years to come. A really great deal at this price, I think it could hold a $50 price tag and not disappoint!

Drink from 2014 to 2020

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Varietal:	Pinot Noir - One of France's most legendary grapes and the grape that earned Burgundy its reputation. The parent of varietals like Pinot Gris/Grigio and Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir is blue to violet to indigo in color with relatively thin skins, and it is said to have been cultivated in France for more than 2,000 years. At its best, Pinot Noir creates elegant wines that are filled with primary red fruit aromas and flavors while young, revealing with an array of secondary characteristics like earth, smoke, violet, truffle and game with age. The varietal is also known, perhaps better than any, for its ability to translate terroir, or a sense of place. While the best Pinot Noir still comes from Burgundy, it is being produced with increasing success in cooler climates around the world. In France, it is part of the trifecta of grapes that can go into Champagne, and it is also grown in Alsace, Irancy, Jura, Savoie, Lorraine and Sancerre. Outside of France it is produced under the names Pinot Nero and Blauburgunder in Italy's mountainous regions, as Spätburgunder in Germany and as Blauburgunder in Austria. In the US, Pinot Noir has found suitable growing conditions in the cooler parts of California, including Carneros, the Russian River Valley, the Anderson Valley, the Sonoma Coast, Monterey County, the Santa Lucia Highlands and Santa Barbara County, as well as in Oregon's Willamette Valley. In recent years, New Zealand has demonstrated its ability to interpret this hard-to-grow varietal, with successful bottlings coming from careful and attentive growers in Central Otago, Martinborough and Canterbury. Chile is also an up-and-coming region for Pinot Noir, creating fresh, fruit-forward, early-drinking and affordable Pinots from the coastal Casablanca Valley and the Limari Valley.
Country:	New Zealand - New Zealand is an extremely diverse wine-growing nation. The long history of producing wine started in the 1830s with wineries such as Mission Estate (1850) and Te Mata Estate (1896) still producing wine today. The two islands hold a multitude of different growing climates ranging from warmer areas such as Hawke’s Bay to very cool regions such as Waitaki, and Awatere. Most regions are defined as Maritime with the exception being Central Otago that has a moderate Continental climate with the high elevation creating dramatic diurnal swings in temperature. The plethora of grapes grown in New Zealand reflects this diverse microclimate make up. Everything has a place here, Bordeaux varietals and Syrah in Hawke’s Bay, Chardonnay and Pinot in Nelson, Pinot Noir and Riesling in Central Otago , aromatic whites in Waipara and pretty much everything you can imagine in Marlborough. New Zealand is also one of the “greenest” wine producing nations on earth (94% of wine certified sustainable in 2013) with a strong focus on organic and Biodynamic farming.
Alcohol Content (%):	14