Babich Winemakers' Reserve Pinot Noir 2010
This hand crafted Pinot Noir was grown on our estate-owned Cowslip Valley vineyard in the Waihopai Valley of Marlborough. Traditional winemaking techniques including fermentation in open vats with hand plunging, results in a smooth, full-flavoured wine.
Winemaker Notes
Region:
Marlborough - Waihopai Valley
Recommended Food:
A good partner for a char-grilled Scotch fillet steak topped with grilled flat mushrooms.
Recommended Cellaring:
1-5 years
Production Notes:
The various parcels of fruit were hand harvested at optimum ripeness in Mid April. Fermented took place in open vats with a small percentage of whole cluster. After an extended period of maceration the various batches were drained off skins and put into new and old French oak barriques. Several months later, the wines were assessed, blended and returned to oak. Total time in oak was 10 months.
Technical Notes:
Alcohol: 14.5%
TA: 6.1g/l
pH: 3.65
Residual Sugar: 0g/l
Tasting Notes:
The taster is greeted by the aroma of dark cherries, plums and cinnamon spice with a touch of cedar. The palate is sweet fruited on entry, dense with dark cherries layered with nutmeg and clove. Opulent and intense with lingering vanilla spice complemented by seamless and refined tannins. Drinking beautifully.
Awards
SILVER MEDAL -Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2011
SILVER MEDAL -NZ International Wine Show 2011
SILVER MEDAL -Marlborough Wine Show 2011
SILVER MEDAL -Premium Selection Wine Challenge, ProWein, Germany, 2012
4 STARS, 89 POINTS -Bob Campbell MW, www.bobswinereviews.com, July 2011
4 STARS -Raymond Chan,www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, October 2011
4.5 STARS -Michael Cooper, Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2012
4 STARS -TizWine.com, April, 2012
Wine Writer Reviews
"Intense plum and berry flavours that are flattered by a seasoning of classy oak. Richly textured wine with character and class."
-Bob Campbell MW, Taste Magazine, Top 10 Under $30 (2nd), Sept 2011
"Quite intense plum and berry flavours that are flattered by a seasoning of classy oak. Richly textured wine with character and class."
4 STARS
89 POINTS
-Bob Campbell MW, www.bobswinereviews.com, July 2011
"Dark ruby-red colour with depth, and youthful purple hues. This has a rich nose of ripe dark raspberry fruits with a little jamminess, quite dense full and with a sense of opulence. Medium-full bodied, this is soft, full and packed with succulent, raspberry, dark plum jam flavours along with oak toast and shine.. This is fleshy and up-front, and very lush and supple, the tannin extraction modest, and acidity quite understated. A little alcohol heat shows, and the wine tends open and broad on the finish.Fruit from the ‘Cowslip Valley’ vineyard in the Waihopai Valley, fermented with some whole bunch to 14.5% alc., the wine aged 10 months in new and seasoned French oak barriques.A soft plump and ripe Pinot Noir to match with Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine over the next 4-5 years."
4 STARS
-Raymond Chan,www.raymondchanwinereviews.co.nz, October 2011
"The 2010 is a top vintage. Deeply coloured and ripely scented, it is mouthfilling, sweet-fruited and flowing, with concentrated, cherryish, plummy flavours, a subtle seasoning of oak, and excellent texture and complexity."
4.5 STARS
-Michael Cooper, Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2012
"Deeply coloured, with mouthfilling body. Strong, ripe, plummy flavours, with hints of fruit cake, olives and nuts, and the structure to age."
-Winestate Magazine, January 2012
"Fresh and fruity with lots of ripe berry flavours that are perfectly balanced by the soft tannins. Concentrated and smooth."
4 STARS
-TizWine.com, April, 2012
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