When people talk about wine and food matches, the two obvious to me are lamb with Cabernet Sauvignon – a no-brainer in my books, and Pinot Noir with duck – ditto. Yet the Pinot Noir/duck pair is based on the old world Burgundy style Pinot Noir and not so much the new world style that is usually dominated with strawberries. There are however some very good Pinot Noirs in Australia that are very duck friendly, but these tend to be quite expensive; think Bindi Block 5, By Farr and Bass Phillip which all come in $100 and then some.
Just down the road from Bindi is Mount Gisborne Wines, and for those of you who are regulars you would know I am a massive fan. A part of the selection of wines proprietor David Ell dropped off for me to taste, the Mount Gisborne Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir 2005 is a fair dinkum super wine and a Susan with Duck.
With no fining or filtering, this wine presents a very dirty nebulous red with a tinge of brick red hue. The nose has plenty of funk and wet earth with plenty of prickly acid tickling the olfactory. There is massive acid to this so I would definitely decant this one for a good hour or so before getting stuck in. Soft spice of cinnamon and bay leaf gives way to a more green tomato leaf feel. Bloody good wine this one.
Fantastic balance, great length with plenty of complexity. Mucho Fantastico.
Drink with, well, duck!
Drink till 2017
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Diam 14%v/v $58 from Gertrude Street Enoteca, Gertrude Street Fitzroy
http://www.gertrudestreetenoteca.com.au/
Just down the road from Bindi is Mount Gisborne Wines, and for those of you who are regulars you would know I am a massive fan. A part of the selection of wines proprietor David Ell dropped off for me to taste, the Mount Gisborne Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir 2005 is a fair dinkum super wine and a Susan with Duck.
With no fining or filtering, this wine presents a very dirty nebulous red with a tinge of brick red hue. The nose has plenty of funk and wet earth with plenty of prickly acid tickling the olfactory. There is massive acid to this so I would definitely decant this one for a good hour or so before getting stuck in. Soft spice of cinnamon and bay leaf gives way to a more green tomato leaf feel. Bloody good wine this one.
Fantastic balance, great length with plenty of complexity. Mucho Fantastico.
Drink with, well, duck!
Drink till 2017
97
Diam 14%v/v $58 from Gertrude Street Enoteca, Gertrude Street Fitzroy
http://www.gertrudestreetenoteca.com.au/
Gotta love the look of an unfiltered pinot - it's like foreplay to an oncoming sexual fest....
ReplyDeleteAny ideas of Adelaide distribution for this one Tim?
Cheers,
Chris P
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure on National distribution, but here in Vic it is handled by PinotNow. Other than that you could get in touch direct on http://www.mountgisbornewines.com.au/. I am sure David would love to send you a mixed case of something.
The 2005 is the current vintage as well.
Tim