Coming from one of New Zealand's top producers I had high hopes for this wine, but unfortunately I have been disappointed. According to the notes on their website, they claim that it has peach and pear aromas with barely-noticeable, well-integrated oak. Well sadly this is not the case, the fruit has faded, leaving very prominent oak and not much else, except a kind of nondescript minerality where the fruit used to be (if it ever existed...) The website also states that it can be cellared until 2009, which seems to be surprisingly short to me give the producer, and the levels of acidity (though they were obviously correct) - maybe there was never really the intensity of flavour that I would have expected from them. It is pretty one-dimensional, lacks depth and is disappointing unfortunately. I have one more bottle left, so I am hoping that this is a one off. I will update when I've drunk the second one. (03/10)
The second bottle: better balanced, more fruit flavours, but still not very exciting, I am sad to say. Still pretty one dimensional and uninspiring. (04/10)
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