This was one of four bottles that returned with me from my
recent Australia trip. I had a long conversation with one of the staff at City Wine Shop in Melbourne about New Zealand Pinot Noir and he explained that the fullest bodied wines come from Central Otago, with Marlborough and Martinborough wines tending to be lighter.
The 2007 Amisfield (www.amisfield.co.nz) was well reviewed in the Feb/March Gourmet Traveler Wine magazine (and the 2008 received a 93 from WS). I definitely found this to be a full bodied wine with nice density. It was also well balanced - I like a lot of fruit and this might have been a little reserved for me, but it is a great food wine with real backbone and I suspect would cellar well. I only had space for one bottle in my luggage so I won't find out. I would put this on the low end of 4 on my personal five point scales, so 4/5. I hope I can find a bottle of the 2008 to try.
recent Australia trip. I had a long conversation with one of the staff at City Wine Shop in Melbourne about New Zealand Pinot Noir and he explained that the fullest bodied wines come from Central Otago, with Marlborough and Martinborough wines tending to be lighter.
The 2007 Amisfield (www.amisfield.co.nz) was well reviewed in the Feb/March Gourmet Traveler Wine magazine (and the 2008 received a 93 from WS). I definitely found this to be a full bodied wine with nice density. It was also well balanced - I like a lot of fruit and this might have been a little reserved for me, but it is a great food wine with real backbone and I suspect would cellar well. I only had space for one bottle in my luggage so I won't find out. I would put this on the low end of 4 on my personal five point scales, so 4/5. I hope I can find a bottle of the 2008 to try.
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