2004
Savaterre Pinot Noir......Sold Out......Sold
Out...Sold Out
"It's
a majestic wine of statuesque proportions, though I guess if you're
going to say that about a pinot noir then you have to quickly add
that it's nothing like a dry red: this is definitely a pinot noir.
It's dark and brooding and intense, with thick black cherry churning
and pulling deep into the back palate, the daring, dry, lengthy
tannins drawing edgy undergowth-like characters along for the ride.
This is a seriously structured, powerful pinot noir, made to brood
long before it boasts. Sit it in the glass and watch, given time,
the dance of fragrance slowly emerge - it's time will come. From
the first time I tasted it in barrel its structure has been superb.
It still is. Drink: 2009-2015. 94 points. "
Campbell Mattinson, Winefront
Monthly: February 2006
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2004
was a vigneron's vintage! A beautifully mild and gentle year produced
grapes of the highest possible quality. Rain fell when instructed,
the sun obliged at all the right times and after the hard slog of
2003 it was a welcome year.
The 2004 wines
all have an added dimension to them. Every aspect of the wines just
seems that more focused, deeper and pure. I am not sure if this
is simply the result of a stunning growing season or possibly, the
years of biodynamic farming, the close planting, the increasing
vine age or all of the above. Let's save some time pondering the
indeterminable and just conclude the results speak for themselves.
The wonderful thing about wine is that no matter how much spin,
hype etc you encounter, the ultimate truth about a wine is in the
glass. I feel very proud of the 2004 offerings.
This is the best Pinot Noir I have ever made. This is the iron fist
in the velvet glove. Power and beauty. Wonderfully structured, highly
aromatic, complex, textural, minerally, elegant, focused and long.
Tasting
Notes:
Brilliant
deep crimson.
Powerful
ethereal and exotic aromas of morello cherry, violets, dark fruits,
dewy rose petals, all spice, clove, and hints of white truffle.
But give it time; this wine slowly reveals itself only after several
hours. If you drink it less than 5 years old please decant for at
least one hour.
Perfectly ripened flavours of pinot noir are balance by wonderful
natural acidity and fine, silky tannins. All the aromas are confirmed
when you have your first sip. So many facets to this wine compete
for your attention in a subtle, understated way. Your experience
constantly changes as the wine opens up and reveals its many layers
during the course of a meal. This wine needs food.
As usual the wines are made in an unhurried manner with wild yeasts,
100% natural malolactic, 17 months slow cool elevage in the very
best French tight grain barriques and finally bottled without filtration.
This attention to detail allows the wine to express its terroir
without the winemaker’s fingerprints being obvious.
Store at 14C.
All
grapes under this label are sourced exclusively from the Savaterre
Vineyard in Beechworth. |
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