PALLISER ESTATE PINOT NOIR 2017

5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, July 2018 (2017 Vintage)
"Beautifully elegant and graceful, the wine shows dark cherry, plum, violet, toasted hazelnut and mixed spice aromas on the nose. It is refined and stylish on the palate that displaying juicy fruit intensity and silky texture, well supported by polished tannins. Wonderfully detailed and poised with seductive complexity. At its best: now to 2022."

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4 Stars & 17.5+/20 Raymond Chan, May 2018 (2017 Vintage)
"Light ruby-red colour with some depth and purple hues on the edge. The nose is rounded and gently full with good depth of fragrant red cherry and berry fruit along with subtle notes of fresh herbs, red florals, spices and a little nutty oak. This has a good array of aromatics. Medium-bodied, the palate is elegant with finely concentrated and taut flavours of red cherry and berry fruit entwined with fresh herbs and an amalgam of red florals and spicy oak. The fruit shows well on the front palate and is enlivened by crisp acidity with light, supple tannin extraction providing support and forming a round, soft core and line. The flavours recede a little as the wine carries to a light, nuanced finish of cherries, herbs and spices. This is an elegant, up-front, fragrant and pretty Pinot Noir with red berry fruits, florals, herbs and spices on a supple, refreshing palate. Serve with salmon and tuna, poultry and Asian fare over the next 4 years. Clones 115, 667, 777 and Abel, 68% of the fruit from ‘Wharekauhau’, the remainder from ‘East Base’, ‘Clouston’, and ‘Townsend’ sites, vines on average 18 y.o., indigenous yeast fermented with minimal whole clusters to 13.1% alc., the wine aged 10 months in 27% new oak."