2015 Tolpuddle Pinot Noir
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Fully garnet colour. Spice-bomb nose with whole-bunch herbiness and red-cherry fruit. Beetroot, rhubarb, root vegetables, iron ore. Soft tannins, light body, long granitic length as well as violet fragrance. At its peak now – absolutely delicious. (RH)
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James Halliday
James Suckling
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Savory, classic, glossy and red, the 2015 Pinot Noir is littered with Szechuan peppercorns, pomegranate molasses, tobacco leaf and brine, and the package is one that teeters on a seesaw of savory spice and sweet fruit. The tannins are uber fine in an open-weave pattern, and while they direct the fruit through the mouth, they do not obstruct it. The fruit is a little plumper here than the austere 2014—it's a style call for preference.
50% whole-bunch fermentation. Good year. Shaded ruby. Rather light nose. Sweet palate entry but not as refined, perfumed and Pinot-like as some. Flattering rather than fine. Juicy. (JR)